No, it’s not the unrestricted killing of 65,000 unborn Canadian babies every year, it’s – wait for it: mining. I expect you already guessed that, though.
From the eco-babbling borborygmus of the Anglican Joint Assembly:
For Canadian especially, resource extraction is “the critical justice issue of our time,” said Jennifer Henry, executive director of the Canadian ecumenical justice group, KAIROS, who addressed the assembly. “We have a tremendous impact on earth and all that’s in it.”
Canada is home to 75 per cent of the world’s mining and mineral exploration companies, and its stock exchanges trade 40 per cent of the world’s mineral exploration capital, Sara Stratton, KAIROS education and campaigns co-ordinator, also told the assembly. In 2011, resource extraction accounted for 11 per cent of Canadian GDP, up from six per cent in 2001, said Stratton.
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Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson both spoke of the need to act on the issue.
“We are all in this together,” said Johnson, adding that the challenge before members is “how to reduce consumption and help generate solutions.”
This must mean that all the delegates are going to walk home.
This is all part of Hiltz’s anti Israeli or anti Semitic posturing. Johnson too.
KAIROS is part of Hiltz’ pocket entourage.
As I said before, political interference is standard operating procedure for Hiltz: in his 2010 New Year’s address Hiltz urged the government to restore funding to KAIROS a Non Governmental Organization [NGO]. “We believe the cut of Canadian International Development Agency [CIDA] funding for KAIROS denies hope for millions of people throughout the world and damages our reputation among the nations,” the Primate pontificated,
However the Jerusalem based think tank, NGO Monitor, offered an opposing viewpoint: “KAIROS is a main supporter of the anti-Israel divestment movement in Canada, coordinating this agenda on behalf of member church groups.” Citing a 2008 paper released by Kairos entitled “Economic Advocacy Measures: Options for KAIROS Members for the Promotion of Peace in Palestine and Israel” NGO Monitor reported the KAIROS paper included a document from the Palestinian NGO Sabeel, which calls for divestment from companies that are complicit in Israel’s “illegal and immoral behavior” and “apartheid practices.” While KAIROS seeks to promote social change, NGO Monitor stated it “promotes a political agenda” at odds with Canadian government policy on Gaza.
Hiltz is at the controls of a dying church, and he does not have the leadership ability to do anything about that. So, he meddles in politics and makes himself look even more inadequate.
They are all in ‘what’ together one wonders…