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Focus On Social Justice
Publisher: Canadian Religious Conference - OntarioYear Published: 1982 Pages: 22pp Resource Type: Organization Cx Number: CX2446 Focus on Social Justice is a bulletin published three times a year in French and English by the Canadian Religious Conference - Ontario region (CRC-O). Abstract: Focus on Social Justice is a bulletin published three times a year in French and English by the Canadian Religious Conference - Ontario region (CRC-O). This group is an association of major superiors (women and men) of Roman Catholic religious institutes in the province. The September, 1981 bulletin reports extensively on oppression, human rights violations and murder in Central and South America. One account considers the August, 1981 assassination of Raoul Leger, a Canadian Lay Missionary from the Quebec Foreign Mission Society (Sociéte des Missions Etrangères). The Guatemalan government accused him of being a 'guerilla leader' and 'marxist priest,' and did not report his death until nine days after the fact. The article accuses Canada of abandonment for remaining silent and taking no noticeable action in favour of its own citizen. "A Canadian can be killed peaceably as long as the aggressor-country maintains diplomatic relations with Canada." Another piece focuses on the standoff between the Canadian Bishops and the federal government that occurred last July. Energy Minister Marc Lalonde and Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister John Munro were furious over the stand of the Bishops who had disagreed with the government over the impact of Bill C-48 during "Solidarity Week" for Native People, June 15-22, 1981. The Catholic Bishops have been insisting since 1975 that land claims must be negotiated, settled and implemented before resource extraction developments are authorized for the North by Ottawa. |