The synod of the Diocese of Montreal voted to support keeping the long gun registry, which would cost Canadian taxpayers another billion dollars and criminals nothing at all. The synod also voted to oppose “tough on crime legislation” which would most probably expose Canadian taxpayers to more crime, leaving them less money to pay for the long gun registry, and ease the burden on criminals trying to make a dishonest living.
There was also broad support for the objectives of the Occupy Movement – whatever they are.
It appears that God did not intrude upon the meeting in any way.
Not bad for one synod.
From here:
Delegates to the 152nd synod of the Diocese of Montreal voted by strong majorities to urge the federal government to rethink its plans to abolish the long-gun registry and to adopt tough-on-crime legislation expected to greatly increase the prison population.
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Another resolution, with support from the Revd Canon David Sinclair among others, gave some support to the objectives of the Occupy Montreal protestors against income disparity and other social ills. It supports “Occupy Montreal and all others who have drawn attention to the grave disparities of the current economic systems.”
While I concur that most of the initiatives are probably a waste of a good nap, abandoning the long gun registry is not. And your taking sides is purely political. If you want to do things bass akwards just take a look at the registry. Not only have $2 billion already been injected into the project but police forces across the country want to keep it. The province of Quebec even begged the feds to relinquish the Quebec portion of the registry.
To top things off, the Tory’s want to bring in an intrusive piece of legislation to monitor people’s behaviour on the internet. This whole episode wreeks of partisanship. The DofM may be on the wrong side of the Tories on policy but that doesn’t mean their position is not the less virtuous one.
Just what does the long gun registry has to do with religion? Answer: Abolutely nothing! So why is the DoM bothering to waste even one second of Synod time on it? Answer: They are more interested in so called “social justice” issues than about listening to God.
Truth be told, the long gun registry was a liberal government knee jerk reaction to a shooting that took place in downtown Toronto. The irony is that the gun used in this crime was a hand gun, which was already a restricted weapon, already should have been listed on an already existing registry, and would never have been listed on the long gun registry.
The long gun registry is not supported by all police forces. In fact there are several Ciefs of Police that have publically stated that it is a waste of resources that could be far more effectively used to fight real crime (including gun crime) in other ways.