We celebrated – in song, as usual – happy events in the lives of some of the members. Our discussion on Saturday centered around two articles in the Winter Issue of the LCWR Occasional Papers: The Evolutionary Task Now: To Raise the Powers of Love Upward and Mapping in Mystery: Communal Discernment in Our Time of Middle Space. We always find it helpful to hear the views and reviews of each other on these large topics as we seek to maintain hope and encouragement in the current “middle space” in which we live and work.
Last week Rosemary Brosseau and I attended a meeting hosted by the Kingston Action Group for a Basic Income Guarantee held at St. George’s Anglican Cathedral. The hall was packed – a sign that there is a lot of interest in this issue. We heard from two wonderful advocates of this proposed program: Hugh Segal (former parliamentarian and Senator) and Reverend Michael Oulton, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario.
The Trudeau government has announced that they will put forward a new national climate strategy for Canada before the end of 2016. We commend the Government on this important endeavour. Environment Minister McKenna has invited Canadians to participate in crafting the principles of this important plan of action. It has been suggested by the Government that Members of Parliament could lead Town Halls on this topic in their ridings. This is our chance to raise our voice in support of the principles and values that formed our commitment to the Corporate Stance on Climate and it is an important part of the follow-up to the promise made in the Stance of supporting the Government Parties to the Agreement in implementing the commitments made in Paris.
