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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the General Council 1. URGE all levels of the church to give top priority to minimizing consumption of available energy resources; 2. CALL on provincial and federal governments of Canada for policies and funds to support an accelerating program to develop new energy resources which are consistent with a just, participatory and sustainable society; 3. SUPPORT the government’s application of nuclear safeguard policies, and Canada’s role in limiting proliferation of nuclear weapons; 4. ASSIST the conferences and presbyteries to implement programs of dialogue and education on nuclear energy in the context of all energy sources, in order to prepare our church members to participate in evolving decision—making processes for a more just society.
Statement of Goals 1. To Awaken the United Church: a) to the extent and the depth of the environmental crisis (helping people to "live into" the tensions involved in facing up to the crisis); b) to alternatives open to us in dealing with given environmental problems; c) to sense that we can share with other concerned people a desire to undertake responsible action in these matters in the name of our shared humanity and common destiny; d) to explore the grounding we have in the biblical heritage, and to explore its treasury of insights and perspectives in relation to care for the environment; e) to face the possibility that within our traditional understandings of man’s role in creation, we may find misunderstandings and ambiguities which we must now repudiate.
The Churchill-Nelson River Diversion Projects, a massive hydro development undertaken by Manitoba Hydro, involve a major flooding of large areas of northern Manitoba, including reserve lands now inhabited by several thousand native people. To represent the concerns of the native people a Northern Flood Committee, made up of representatives of eight affected communities (treaty and non-treaty) has been formed. The Committee has retained outstanding legal counsel and has chosen Henry Spence as their capable chairman.
