That the 1976 Consolidated Financial Statements of the General Synod, together with the Auditors' Report, be approved for referral to General Synod. CARRIED
That Clarkson, Gordon and Company be the Auditors of the General Synod until the next meeting of the General Synod (a recommendation for consideration by General Synod in Calgary). CARRIED
It was noted that, after the 1978 Assessment Budget was approved last November [1976], the Primate asked the Committee to approve an addition of $3,750 for 1977 and $5,000 for 1978 to cover part of the cost of the French/English Relations Projects.
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That these additions to the 1977 and 1978 Assessment Budgets be approved. CARRIED
That Section 28.8 of the Constitution be amended to read:
Each diocese's share of the annual assessment shall be paid in quarterly instalments to the General Treasurer of General Synod at the end of each quarter of the calendar year. CARRIED
"The Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod has requested bishops and deans to focus, for 22 days, from May 31 to June 21 [2017], on renewing the church's commitment to support the work of the Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation through prayers, participation in awareness-raising campaigns and donations. Early this year [2017], Council of General Synod (CoGS) agreed to dedicate the undesignated proceeds of Giving with Grace, General Synod's annual fundraising campaign, to replenish the fund. For the next five years, the fund -- created in 1992 as part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement -- will focus on language recovery". General Secretary, Archdeacon Michael Thompson, "stressed that while the Anglican Church of Canada has met its legal obligations under the settlement agreement, 'we're far from finished with our spiritual and moral obligation to continue to support the healing work that is underway among those survivors and in those communities'."
The Program Committee expressed their concern over the budget limits for 1975 and at the continuing decrease, and recommends that the National Executive Council make allowance for the increase in the inflationary index in its requests to the dioceses.
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That the recommendation of the Program Committee concerning the making of allowances for the increase in the inflationary index in its requests to the dioceses be sent to the Task Force on Funding National Goals for their reflection and that it be requested to submit an interim report at the May, 1974 meeting of the National Executive Council. CARRIED