Some clergy and lay delegates at synod spoke against adopting the liturgies, the majority spoke in favour.

This one in favour is interesting because it illustrates the delusion that has bedevilled the ACoC for decades: that doing more of what has brought it to the verge of extinction will, for some incomprehensible reason, reverse the decline. (my bold):

Alex McPhee, lay member from the diocese of Qu’Appelle, spoke in favour. McPhee described how in preparing to attend his first General Synod, he had sent the text of the pastoral liturgies to some transgender friends—all of whom, he said, “not by their own choice, have been hounded out of their birth church communities.”

He continued, “The response I got was, ‘This is so powerful … I can’t believe someone out there wrote something like this. I can’t believe there is a church somewhere in the world that is actually like this.’”

“In my life as an adult convert, I have seen very few documents that have such an immediate attractive power on the unchurched, with the sole exception of the gospels themselves,” McPhee added. “In my opinion, we are being asked to ratify something that is not just wise and discerning, but actually has the power to grow the body of Christ.”

According to Statistics Canada, in 2021 0.19% of the population were transgender. That’s 59,460 people.

If they are the candidates that will grow the church, they must all be latent Anglicans.