The Anglican Church of Canada has signed a document that suggests that, since we are busy trying to sort out how to get back to work in the middle of a pandemic, while we are at it we might as well also fix the “climate emergency”, redistribute wealth, eliminate all inequality, get rid of fossil fuels, allow unrestricted immigration, provide free healthcare for all, and bring back the rainbow coloured unicorns and flying pigs.
After all, isn’t that what the church is really all about?
From here:
The other principles of Just Recovery include a paramount focus on people’s health and well-being, a stronger safety net and direct relief, prioritizing the needs of workers and communities, and building resilience to face future crises.
The Just Recovery document has been signed by the Canadian Labour Congress, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Toronto Environmental Alliance, the Canadian Federation of Students and many more.
If they are in favour of, “prioritizing the needs of workers and communities” I suppose they will be promoting the continued development of the Athabasca oil sands for the benefit of the workers and community of Fort McMurray.
I just chipped a tooth. Could the repair of this be part of the save the world plan? Just asking!
D’Arcy
I’m trying to understand the goals of A Just Recovery For All. Here are some quotes from their website:
(1) “Prioritize redistributive policies and social services that meet the immediate and long-term needs of all people and eliminate social, economic, and wealth inequalities.” Yikes! Not a good start. For anyone with a knowledge of history, this sounds very much like the ideals of communism and dekulakization. I’m not sure how “just” such a societal transformation would be–just look at the Russian Revolution.
(2) “The recovery must put people first, prioritize climate action and leave no one behind.” My interpretation: put people first, put climate first–heck, put EVERYBODY first. Is there a list of competing organizations that wants to put people last? But I digress. Another quote: “Health is a human right and is interdependent with the health and wellbeing of ecological systems. Recognizing this, ensure that all policies and programs address the social, economic and environmental determinants of health and are responsive to the climate emergency, which is, in itself, a health crisis.” Interpretation: every issue boils down to climate activism. If you’re against it, you’re against “health”.
(3) “Life after COVID-19 would look like workers’ and communities’ safety and well-being prioritized over profits, Indigenous sovereignty, and investments in sustainable and equitable systems to build resilience against future crises.” Possible interpretation: let’s all stay home and stay safe rather than working for profit, let’s decolonialize by creating special rules for Indigenous peoples, and let’s make the world a better place in an unspecified way by making unspecified investments to forestall unforeseen crises.
(4) “Rebuild a single-tier immigration system with permanent resident status for all.” Possible interpretation: open borders?
And so on, and so forth. It sounds like a grab-bag of unrelated, left-wing social justice activist goals, with no specific policies, proposals or solutions. A Just Recovery For All is simply a generalized wish for a post-COVID utopia on earth. Apparently anticipating this criticism, the FAQ answers the question of “Why are the Principles So General?” Answer: “We tried to keep the principles as broad as possible so that they would be relevant to as broad a coalition as possible. We totally support groups calling for specific demands and referencing the principles as they make these demands.” Translation: the principles are so broad that you can twist them like a wax nose to make your specific demands. We have invented the Grand Unified Theory of social justice activism to change society–JOIN US!
Apparently, hundreds of organizations are signatories. I can’t believe that people and organizations aren’t embarrassed to sign on to such a Kumbaya fantasy. Perhaps we should be astounded at the tenacity of their faith. It’s far harder to believe in the sum of these principles than in the New Heaven, the New Earth and the New Jerusalem promised in the Bible’s last chapter (Revelation 21).
Unadulterated leftist claptrap, from a church which, like the United, is no longer even nominally Christian.