Council of General Synod: Assembly to challenge two issues
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article38377
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 5
- Page
- 7
- Notes
- "At their joint assembly this July [2013], Anglican and Lutheran delegates will be asked to consider a joint declaration addressing the issues of homelessness in Canada and responsible resource extraction involving Canadian companies here and abroad". "On the issue of 'responsible resource extraction', the declaration calls on the two churches to support indigenous communities in Canada and overseas 'in exercising their right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent' with regard to development projects that affect their traditional territories. It also asks them to 'advocate for responsible and ethical investment both in Canada and around the world'. The declaration notes that Canadian companies are major players in mining, energy production and resource extraction across the country and abroad. 'They generate wealth for our societies, but they also give rise to serious and complex environmental, socio-economic, and human rights issues', the declaration states". "[T]he declaration also commits the two churches to 'advocate for renewed federal funding' and for an 'integrated national collaborative strategy and greater accountability on the part of provinces and municipalities' in addressing homelessness and substandard housing. 'As we look across Canada, we are disturbed by the reality that around 400,000 people are without a healthy place to live and that homelessness has continued to increase despite years of unprecedented economic growth and prosperity in our country'."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (40th : 2013 : Ottawa, Ont.) - Resolutions
- Joint Assembly (1st : 2013 : Ottawa, Ont.) - Resolutions
- Mines and mineral resources - Canada
- Mines and mineral resources - Developing countries
- Mines and mineral resources - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Investments - Moral and ethical aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homeless persons - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada