{"id":7586,"date":"2010-02-25T18:40:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T23:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=7586"},"modified":"2010-02-25T18:40:27","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T23:40:27","slug":"the-diocese-of-toronto-urges-action-on-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-diocese-of-toronto-urges-action-on-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diocese of Toronto urges action on poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"

The important word in the headline is \u201curges\u201d. The diocese would rather not do anything itself; after all, why would it when it is so much easier<\/a> to urge. <\/em><\/p>\n

Anglicans join Archbishop to urge action on poverty in budget.<\/p>\n

While agreeing that the government faces a major fiscal deficit, the brief notes society\u2019s \u201ccolossal human deficit, of needless suffering, hardship and lost opportunity.\u201d Foodbank usage soared by 19 per cent in Ontario in 2009, so that 374,000 Ontarians now use foodbanks.<\/p>\n

Ontario\u2019s government was also praised for positive steps, such as a commitment to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent by 2013.<\/p>\n

Anglicans across the diocese are adding their voices in support of the brief. St. Martin, Bay Ridges, Holy Spirit, Dixie North, and St. Barnabas, Chester, passed vestry motions supporting the brief. St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Toronto, produced a bulletin insert.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

St. Matthew’s Anglican Church makes this curious confession:<\/p>\n

In their letter to Mr. Duncan, members of St. Matthew, Islington, said \u201cit is immoral to live in a society in which the top 10 per cent of families now receive 75 times more income than the bottom 10 per cent.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By their own lights, these members of St. Matthew, Islington are living an immoral life. <\/em> Never fear, intrepid St. Mathews\u2019 members, a moral life awaits you in a damp cave in the remote mountains of Afghanistan; bon voyage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The important word in the headline is \u201curges\u201d. The diocese would rather not do anything itself; after all, why would it when it is so much easier to urge. Anglicans join Archbishop to urge action on poverty in budget. While … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2032,2114],"class_list":["post-7586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-diocese-of-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}