Most Reverend Lionel Gendron, P.S.S., Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil and President of the CCCB and Mr. Bruce F. Simpson, a partner specializing in criminal law with Barnes Sammon LLP (2017)

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Interfaith letter to Minister of Justice concerning clause 14 of Bill C-51

Over 60 faith leaders and organizations in Canada have signed a letter addressed to The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, concerning the removal of section 176 from the Criminal Code of Canada, as proposed under Clause 14 of Bill C-51, “An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to Make Consequential Amendments to Another Act.” The interfaith letter was co-authored by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, and the Association for Reformed Political Action. Representatives from a variety of faith traditions have endorsed the letter, including from the Sikh, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Buddhist traditions.

The Conference also intervened on 30 October 2017 concerning Clause 14 of Bill C-51, which included a written submission to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, followed by oral presentations before the Standing Committee by the Most Reverend Lionel Gendron, P.S.S., Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil and President of the CCCB and His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, with the assistance of Mr. Bruce F. Simpson, a partner specialized in criminal law with Barnes Sammon LLP.

• Link to the interfaith letter (PDF)
• Link to the text of the oral interventions of Bishop Lionel Gendron and Cardinal Thomas Collins
• Link to the written submission (PDF)

Posted: Nov. 7, 2017 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=9803
Categories: News • In this article: Canada, criminal justice, interfaith, religious freedom Transmis : 7 nov. 2017 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9803
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Canada, criminal justice, interfaith, religious freedom