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from ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson
- December 2015: ELCIC National Bishop lifts up letter from Canadian Council of Churches on Welcoming Refugees.
- November 2015: ELCIC National Bishop encourages participation in 2016 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
- November 2015: ELCIC National Bishop invites prayers leading up to COP21 meetings; encourages participation in Prayers for Paris
- November 2015: Lutheran, Anglican leaders write to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- October 2015: ELCIC National Bishop encourages members to challenge intolerance and respect the dignity of every human being
- September 2015: Open letter from Anglican, Lutheran leaders address situation in Pikangikum
- September 2015: ELCIC National Bishop signs on to Canadian Council of Churches interfaith and ecumenical statement On Promoting Climate Justice and Ending Poverty in Canada: Faith Communities in Canada Speak Out.
- August 2015: ELCIC National Bishop writes to Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking "that a public inquiry be convened concerning missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls."
- August 2015: ELCIC National Bishop writes to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The letter follows the 2015 National Convention where delegates adopted an ELCIC Resolution on Climate Justice. In her letter to the Prime Minister, Bishop Johnson shares the church's "concern for the climate and our hopes for an effective global process through COP21 in Paris."
- August 2015: ELCIC National Bishop writes to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging that the challenges in the criminal justice and correctional systems in Canada be addressed and to express the ELCIC's, "support for restorative justice approaches that facilitate the righting of harms done, and foster the healing of relationships between offenders, victims and the larger community."
- August 2015: ELCIC National Bishop writes to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to share that the ELCIC has repudiated and renounced the Doctrine of Discovery and encourages the Government of Canada to take similar action.
- June 2015: ELCIC National Bishop writes to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama, along with church leaders from the ELCA, TEC and ACC, calling for a review of the Columbia River Treaty, "in order to respect the rights, dignity and traditions of the Columbia Basin tribes and First Nations by including them in the implementation and management of the Treaty, and to include the healthy functioning of the ecosystem as an equal purpose of the Treaty.
- May 2015: ELCIC National Bishop invites the church into prayer for Truth and Reconciliation Commission's closing event
- March 2015: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson writes to the Prime Minister urging the Government of Canada to address the issue of sexual exploitation.
- April 2015: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson joins church leaders from the Canadian Council of Churches in sending a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, regarding Canada's current military mission in Iraq and Syria.
- December 10, 2013: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson signs a Human Rights Day Statement encouraging respect for the rights of refugees.
- December 9, 2013: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson has written a pastoral letter inviting members to pray for peace in the Middle East.
- November 11, 2013: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson signs on to Statement on Quebec Charter of Values, prepared by the Canadian Interfaith Conversation, expressing concern about the proposed charter’s effect on religious freedom.
- May 17, 2013: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson joins church leaders from the Canadian Council of Churches in sending a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, expressing concern regarding multiple crises in the Middle East.
- March 14, 2013: ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson invites the church to pray for peace in the Middle East on the 24th of each month.
- 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.
- 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.
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