Messages and Statements

from ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson

• October 2012: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson signs on to a letter to Minister of Public Safety, Honourable Vic Toews, expressing concern regarding the decision to end a program of funding part-time prison chaplains drawn from a variety of religious communities.
• December 14, 2011: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson writes to The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment, expressing "disappointment and concern" at the government's decision to withdraw Canada from the Kyoto Protocol.
• October 2011: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson is one of the signatories on an Interfaith Climate Change letter from the Canadian Council of Churches and interfaith groups.
• October 26, 2011: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson writes to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, urging, "the Government of Canada to provide resources for the protection of victims of sexual exploitation."
• October 20, 2011: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson writes to the Government of Canada to urge them to "work collaboratively with indigenous peoples to fully and effectively implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."
• May 9, 2011: A joint letter from ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson and ACC Archbishop Fred Hiltz congratulating Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his re-election.
• April 13, 2011: Complaint to the Parole Board of Canada regarding increase in fees for pardon applications.
• April 12, 2011: Letter to the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada asking for a review of the practices regarding advance polling procedures. A similar letter has been sent to Canadian political party leaders.
• March 3, 2011: Open letter to the Members of Parliament calling for support of Bill C-393, a bill that will improve Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR).
• February 16, 2011: Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada asking for fair consideration of KAIROS' application to CIDA.
• February 2, 2011: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson signed on to a statement from the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance issued in response to the violent death of AIDS activist David Kato in Uganda.
• January 20, 2011: Letter to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development requesting that the government respond positively to the 60 recommendations included in the Human Resources, Skills, and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities report.
• December 15, 2010: Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada commending the government's decision to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
• December 15, 2010: Letter to the Honorable Vic Toews expressing concern for the Government of Canada's strategy to commit significant funding for new prisons and calling on the government to support preventative restorative justice programs.
• November 5, 2010: Presentation at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Reflections on the future of the Church and the importance of theological education in the ELCIC.
• October 2010: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson signs on to the Church Leaders' Letter regarding online gambling.
• September 9, 2010: A pastoral message from ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson and ELCIC Synod Bishops
• June 25, 2010: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson, along with 22 other members of the Canadian Council of Churches, signed on to the church leaders' letter on nuclear disarmament to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
• June 9, 2010: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson, along with 10 other members of KAIROS, signed on to letter calling on the Government of Canada to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

• June 7, 2010: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson issued a correspondence to Prime Minister Stephen Harper which follows up on a January 21, 2010 expressing concern regarding CIDA funding cuts to KAIROS and requesting a meeting with the Prime Minister.

• May 28, 2010: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson issued a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to express deep concern regarding recent news of Israeli actions against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and requesting that the Government of Canada pressure the Israeli government to rescind these military orders.

• May 12, 2010: Pastoral letter to members of the ELCIC encouraging participation in the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of
  Canada (TRC).
• March 19, 2010: Letter to the Minister of International Relations calling for the restoration of funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and to address the blockage on Gaza.
• January 21, 2010: Bishop Johnson is one of eleven members of KAIROS who write a Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada seeking a meeting to clarify recent CIDA cuts.
• November 26, 2009: Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada on Canada's role in building peace in the Holy Land.
• November 26, 2009: Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada expressing dismay and concern over the draft proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently before the Parliament of Uganda and encouraging the government to carr on with its intention to convey to the Government of Uganda the deep sense of alarm regarding this violation of human rights.
• November 9, 2009: Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada urging the government to make housing for the poor and subsidized housing high priorities in the government agenda.
• November 9, 2009: Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada communicating the on-going concern of the ELCIC for the global problem of human trafficking and calling on the government to demonstrate leadership in this area by extending and expanding the services available to the victims of human trafficking.
• September 23, 2009: Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada urging the government to support the KYOTOplus goals.