Berger Commission
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- Date
- 1976 May 5-7
- Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Sperry
- Seconder
- Whytehead
- Text of motion
- That the following be sent by night letter to Mr. Justice Berger, Hon. Judd Buchanan and all Diocesan Bishops:
- The National Executive Council of the Anglican Church of Canada at its meeting May 7, 1975 approved the following:
- 1. The National Executive Council commends the principle, style and integrity of the Berger Commission Hearings on the MacKenzie [i.e. Mackenzie] Valley Pipeline.
- 2. The National Executive Council recommends to the Federal Government the continued application of this principle for citizen participation in future proposals of profound regional and national impact.
- 3. In view of the importance of the full understanding an appreciation of the issues by all Canadians, the National Executive Council recommends the active participation by our Church in the Southern Berger Hearings by supporting the need for a moratorium on the MacKenzie [i.e. Mackenzie] Valley Pipeline Development. CARRIED
- Notes
- [Rewords resolution "Native Rights and Northern Development" tabled and referred for rewording and presentation on pp. 10-11 of these minutes".
- Subjects
- Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (Canada)
- Mackenzie Valley Pipeline (N.W.T.) - Environmental aspects
- Mackenzie Valley Pipeline (N.W.T.) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Berger, Thomas R. (Thomas Rodney), 1933-2021
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-