Taxonomy Term: Social Policy

Adequate Guaranteed Annual Income

The Board of Evangelism and Social Service in its brief to the Senate Committee on Poverty endorsed the concept of a… continue reading

GC30 Acid Rain

WHEREAS General Council in 1982, acting on petitions from several conferences, including Hamilton, identified acid rain… continue reading

GC38 Apology to United Church Deaconesses and Ordained Women Clergy (B130)

Having heard Petition 66, therefore be it resolved that the 38th General Council find a way, on our behalf, to express… continue reading

GC34 Arms Exports (1992A628)

The 34th General Council agrees to 1 request the Moderator or the General Secretary to express our opposition to the… continue reading

GC34 Arms Trade Exhibition (1992A676)

The 34th General Council strongly protests the establishment of arms trade exhibition facilities anywhere in Canada;… continue reading

GC19 Attitude to Liquor Traffic (1960A743)

Attitude of the Church to the Traffic: The phrase “hostility to the traffic” was used by the 6th General Council, and… continue reading

GCE Abortion and the Criminal Code (1989A116)

Keywords: Sexuality, Contraception, Abortion, Restorative and Criminal Justice, Gender Justice, Health Care

GCE Baxter Class Action (2003B114.01)

That the Executive of the General Council endorse the legal position on the Baxter Class Action lawsuit taken by the… continue reading

GC40 Concerning the Development of Wind and Other Renewable Energy (GC 40 2009 – 064)

That the 40th General Council 2009 direct the General Secretary, General Council, to urge federal, provincial and… continue reading

GC30 Confessing Our Faith in a Nuclear Age (1984C557)

WHEREAS the 1983 Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Vancouver called upon all member churches to “intensify… continue reading