Cuba
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- Date
- 1998 May 21-29
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 38
- Mover
- Ms. P. Cummine
- Seconder
- Archdeacon S. Pike
- Text of motion
- That the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada:
- 1. Commend the Government of Canada for:
- a) its opposition to the Helms Burton Act; and
- b) its continuing resistance to pressure to join the USA embargo directed at Cuba; and
- 2. Urge the Government of Canada through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- b) to mediate between Cuba and the United States with a view to normalizing the relationships; and
- c) to intensify efforts to promote the entry of Cuba into the Organization of American States. CARRIED Act 38
- Notes
- Abstentions were noted from Chancellor David Wright, Captain Baxter Park, Captain Todd Meaker, Mr. Bryan Campbell and Canon Andrew Gates.
- Subjects
- Cuba - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Embargo - Cuba
- United States - Foreign relations - Cuba