government Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/government/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:06:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg government Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/government/ 32 32 170042892 Choosing life over consumption in a time of crisis https://anglicanjournal.com/choosing-life-over-consumption-in-a-time-of-crisis/ https://anglicanjournal.com/choosing-life-over-consumption-in-a-time-of-crisis/#respond Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:33 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170125 “Multitudes [upon] multitudes in the valley of decision, for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.” (Joel 3:14) Whatever the original context of Joel’s prophecy, our time fits these words like no other.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/choosing-life-over-consumption-in-a-time-of-crisis/feed/ 0 170125 Long-term care and ‘the great revealer’ https://anglicanjournal.com/long-term-care-and-the-great-revealer/ https://anglicanjournal.com/long-term-care-and-the-great-revealer/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:02:51 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169289 When military personnel were deployed to long-term care homes in Ontario and Quebec during the pandemic’s first wave in the spring of 2020, they encountered a system that some had said was in dire need of change even before the pandemic. But COVID-19 brought increased public attention to the system’s shortcomings as it spread through long-term care homes across the country.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/long-term-care-and-the-great-revealer/feed/ 0 169289 To find life on a day like this https://anglicanjournal.com/to-find-life-on-a-day-like-this/ https://anglicanjournal.com/to-find-life-on-a-day-like-this/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:00:16 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169326 For many years, I have been troubled by the inability of non-Indigenous people and institutions to receive and grasp the full reality of the pain and challenges of Indigenous life in this land. Statistics and stories are acknowledged with sympathy, but the realization of what this might mean seems completely elusive.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/to-find-life-on-a-day-like-this/feed/ 0 169326 Grieving for our children https://anglicanjournal.com/grieving-for-our-children/ https://anglicanjournal.com/grieving-for-our-children/#respond Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:00:53 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169097 The May discovery of the remains of 215 children who were buried on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential School, and the discovery of similar graves on the grounds of every residential school that has been examined, tears at the hearts of all of us who are working toward reconciliation.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/grieving-for-our-children/feed/ 0 169097 Ethicists stress mutual responsibility amid school reopenings https://anglicanjournal.com/ethicists-stress-mutual-responsibility-amid-school-reopenings/ https://anglicanjournal.com/ethicists-stress-mutual-responsibility-amid-school-reopenings/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:21:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165898 The return of students to classrooms in August and September sparked mixed emotions among Canadians still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/ethicists-stress-mutual-responsibility-amid-school-reopenings/feed/ 1 165898 New immigration programs for migrant caregivers ‘good news,’ KAIROS advocate says https://anglicanjournal.com/new-immigration-programs-for-migrant-caregivers-good-news-kairos-advocate-says/ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-immigration-programs-for-migrant-caregivers-good-news-kairos-advocate-says/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:00:34 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=158916 KAIROS Canada says it is “greatly encouraged” by new government of Canada pilot programs for migrant caregivers that promise an assured pathway to permanent residency for workers, which the justice organization in a statement called “good news for migrant caregivers.” On Feb. 23, 2019, the government of Canada announced the details of two new pilot […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/new-immigration-programs-for-migrant-caregivers-good-news-kairos-advocate-says/feed/ 1 158916 In lead up to Ontario election, Anglican bishop urges government, voters to make housing a priority https://anglicanjournal.com/in-lead-up-to-ontario-election-anglican-bishop-urges-government-voters-to-make-housing-a-priority/ https://anglicanjournal.com/in-lead-up-to-ontario-election-anglican-bishop-urges-government-voters-to-make-housing-a-priority/#respond Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:00:15 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=155870 Diocese of Ottawa Bishop John Chapman is calling on the federal and Ontario governments to prioritize housing programs, and urging Ontario voters to consider issues of homelessness and affordable housing when casting their ballots in the June 7 provincial election. In a statement released June 4, Chapman notes that the diocese “operates several affordable housing communities, […]

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