The Solution
The discourse and debate about wealth inequality has been as substantial as it's been consistent. The evidence and statistics are indisputable. However, the analysis behind them has never sought to understand the fundamental source of the inequality - the historic antecedents to why being one of the wealthiest nations on the planet so many are languishing in what is to them Third Word conditions.
It's no longer enough to conduct research, hold conferences, lobby politicians, organize petitions, protests and rallies and publish articles to procure change. That multi-decade approach has been an abysmal failure; and the consequences of not effecting meaningful and historic reform is that evermore millions of Canadians, who thought they were born into and lived in a compassionate country, experienced incalculable pain, suffering, injury, loss and death.
He delivered his findings to a plethora of academic institutes, think tanks, organizations, churches, professors and specialists through his platform The Prosperity Theft Reform Institute. Its divisions are:
The Canadian Veterans Coalition, the Canadian Trade Union Coalition, the First Nations Coalition, the Student Union Coalition, the National Business Organization Coalition, the Public Sector Coalition, the Retirees & Pensioners Coalition of Canada, the National Farmers Coalition and the National Ocean Harvesters Coalition.
The solution comprises invitees joining a historic collaboration that brings all responsible to account. The founder posits that if most or every single one of you band together in this consequential battle for social justice and human rights there will most certainly be Herculean strength in numbers.
Starting in early October 2019 and lasting until the end of November some 1,700 churches were edified. Here's the list [Link].
On October 1st emails were sent to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops [Link], Canadian Council of Churches [Link] and The Congregational Christian Churches in Canada [Link]. Ten days later to the CCCB's Arch Bishop Richard Gagnon, Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace [Link]; and on the 12th a collective submission to the following [Link]. Then on November 9th a follow-up that included the research summary.
Lutheran Church of Canada
(204) 895-3433
Rev. Timothy Teuscher, President
Regional Pastors
Rev. Robert Mohns - West Region
Rev. David Haberstock - Central Region
Rev. Marvin Bublitz - East Region
The Presbyterian Church in Canada
Ian Ross-McDonald, General Secretary
The United Church of Canada
Nora Sanders, General Secretary
Cynthia Gunn, Legal/Judicial Counsel
Kathy McDonald, Legal/Judicial Counse
David Armour, Executive Minister, Philanthropy / President UCC Foundation
Michael Blair, Executive Minister, Church in Mission
The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada
Rev. Dr. David Hearn, President c/o Brent Epp Esq.
Christian Reformed Church
Darren Roorda, Director
Malorie DeBruyne, Senior Administrative Assistant
Canadian Christian Relief & Development Association
Laura Solberg, Executive Director
Christians Against Poverty Canada
Chris Brown, Executive Director
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Bruce J. Clemenger, President, David Guretzki, Executive Vice-President, and Rick Hiemstra, Director, Research and Media Relations
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
The Rev. Susan C. Johnson, National Bishop
Sheila Hamilton, Vice-chair
The Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada
Glenn Peterson, Superintendent / President
Apostolic Church of Pentecost
Rev. Wes Mills, President/Chairman
Mennonite Church Canada
Doug Klassen, Executive Minister
Emailed October 12th and again on November 9th with the research summary:
Canadian
Christian Relief & Development Association
Laura Solberg, Executive Director
Christians Against Poverty Canada
Chris Brown, Executive Director
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Bruce J. Clemenger, President, David Guretzki, Executive Vice-President, and Rick Hiemstra, Director, Research and Media Relations
The
Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada
Glenn Peterson, Superintendent/President
Apostolic Church of Pentecost
Rev. Wes Mills, President/Chairman
Mennonite Church Canada
Doug Klassen, Executive Minister
On October 2nd social justice and human rights organizations were edified [Link]
Then these religious organizations were introduced to prosperity theft on October 17th and again on November 9th with the research summary:
Anglican Church of Canada
General Secretary: The Ven. Dr. Michael Thompson
Rev. Laurette Gauthier Glasgow, Special Advisor for Government Relations, General
Most Rev. Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop
Apostolic Catholic Church of Canada
Dr. John Florentine Teruel, Pontifical Presbyter
Sis. Rosita Peregrino, Vice-President External
Archdiocese of Canada of the Orthodox Church in America
Archpriest Phillip Eriksson, Chancellor
Anna Miller, Episcopal Secretary
Armenian Holy Apostolic Church, Canadian Diocese
Ohan Ohanessian, Chairperson & Stephan Ekmekjian, Vice-Chairperson
Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec
Steve Barker, President
Robert Denhoed, 1st Vice-President
Janice Charko, 2nd Vice-President
Tim McCoy, Executive Minister
Sheila Dyck, Executive Assistant
Canadian Baptists of Western Canada
Rob Ogilvie, Executive Minister
Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada:
Broadway Disciples United Church
Harold Alvarez, Moderator
Brush with the Spirit
Rev. Danah Cox, Leader
Campbell-Stone United Church
Danah Cox, Minister
McKernan Christian Church
Q Faith Community
Hillcrest Christian Church
Rev. Fred Dizon, Senior Minister
Mapleton Church of Christ
Janet Anstead, Pastor
Paradox Collective
Andrew Hill & Milly Hill, Founding Pastors
Sugarbush Christian Church
Drew Gillette, April Burrows & Gianni Garbin
St. Thomas Christian Church
Christian Reformed Church in North America - Canada
Mike Hogeterp, Research and Communications Manager, Centre for Public Dialogue
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church
Very Rev. Fr. Ammonius Guirguis
St. Moses & St. Katherine Coptic Orthodox Church
St. Maurice & St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Church
Rev. Fr. Pishoy Salama
St. Mark & St. Philopateer Coptic Orthodox Church
Rev. Fr. Armia Aziz Gerges
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada
His Eminence Metropolitan Sotirios
Polish National Catholic Church of Canada
Rev. Tadeusz Czelen
The Presbyterian Church in Canada
Kathryn Muir, General Assembly Office
Stephen Kendall, Principal Clerk, General Assembly Office
Don Muir, Deputy Clerk, General Assembly Office
Jennifer De Combe, Associate Secretary, Canadian Ministries
Ian Ross-McDonald, General Secretary
Regional Synod of Canada
Marijke Strong, Executive Secretary
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
His Eminence, the Most Rev. Metropolitan Yurij Kalistchuk
Canadian Baptist Ministries
Terry Smith, Executive Director
Jennifer Lau, Associate Executive Director
Canadian Conference of the Brethren in Christ
Charlie Mashinter, Interim ED / Team Leader - Community Churches
Todd Lester, Director of Ministry, Development & Operations
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Elton DaSilva, National Director
Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Gerry Taillon, National Ministry Leader
Dwight Huffman, Team Leader (Regional Ministries)
Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Canada
Mark Johnson, President
Campbell Page, Coordinator, Native Ministries
Dept
The primary reasons for contacting upwards of 1,700 churches and their leaders across the country was to spark a nationwide grassroots movement that'll finally deliver the relief needed by over 5 million Canadians who experience abhorrent living conditions and a bleak future.
Further, it was hoped all these congregations would discover that each of their members, who are principally middle class, have as a result of three decades of prosperity theft been deprived of personal wealth that by the time of retirement is between $300,000 and $800,000.
In addition to this edification initiative most all of the religious newspapers and other publications were invited to join the process of disseminating the evidence; so that Canadians will have two sources that will mobilize them in the tens of millions.
Canadian Church Press
8 MacDonald Avenue, Hamilton, ON, L8P 4N5, (905) 521-2240
cdnchurchpress@hotmail.com
The Anglican Journal
Paul Feheley (pfeheley@national.anglican.ca)
Letters to the editor, letters@national.anglican.ca
Questions or comments, editor@national.anglican.ca
Aujourd'hui Credo
Stéphane Gaudet sgaudet@egliseunie.org
1435 rue City Councillors, Montreal QC H3A 2E4
The B.C. Catholic
Malin Jordan Mjordan@rcav.org
150 Robson Street, Vancouver BC V6B 2A7
The Bread of Life
Reverend Dr. Peter Coughlin info@thebreadoflife.ca
P.O. Box 127, Burlington ON L7R 3X5
Breaking Bread
John Longhurst j_longhurst@foodgrainsbank.ca
Box 767, Winnipeg MB R3C 2L4
Canada Lutheran
Trina Gallop tgallop@elcic.ca
302 - 393 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3B 3H6
The Canadian Lutheran
communications@lutheranchurch.ca
3074 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3K 0Y2
Canadian Adventist Messenger
Stan Jansen jensen.stan@adventist.ca
1148 King Street East, Oshawa ON L1H 1H8
The Canadian Gideon
Gord Balfour gord@gideons.ca
P.O. Box 3619, Guelph ON N1H 7A2
Canadian Mennonite
Dick Benner editor@canadianmennonite.org
490 Dutton Drive, Unit C5, Waterloo ON N2L 6H7
Ross Muir managinged@canadianmennonite.org
The Catalyst
Joe Gunn joe@cpj.ca
#501 - 309 Cooper Street, Ottawa ON K2P 0G5
Catholic Insight
Fr. Alphonse de Valk reach@catholicinsight.com
P.O. Box 625, Adelaide Station, 31 Adelaide St., East Toronto ON M5C 2J8
Catholic Missions In Canada
Patria Rivera magazine@cmic.info
201 - 1155 Yonge Street, Toronto ON M4T 1W2
The Catholic Register
416-934-3410
story suggestions, editor@catholicregister.org
Publisher & Editor, Jim O'Leary, ext 407, jjoleary@catholicregister.org
Managing Editor, Michael Simpson, ext 415 msimpson@catholicregister.org
Catholic Times (Montreal) Inc.
Eric Durocher (editor.ed@catholiccentre.ca)
2005 Saint Marc Street, Montreal QC H3H 2G8
Celebrate!
Bernadette Gasslein gasslein@telusplanet.net
Suite 906, 9737 - 112 Street, Edmonton AB T5K 1L3
ChristianWeek
1-800-263-6695 (editor@christianweek.org)
Winnipeg MB R3C 2K3
Christian Renewal
John Van Dyk jvandyk@aol.com
P.O. Box 777, Jordan Station ON L0R 1S0
cmAlliance.ca
Barrie Doyle (doyleb@cmacan.org)
100 - 30 Carrier Drive, Toronto ON M9W 5T7
CrossTalk
Art Babych ott-crosstalk@ottawa.anglican.ca
71 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa ON K1R 6G6
Dharkan Newspaper
dharkannewspaper@yahoo.ca
51 Dominy Drive, Ajax ON L1T 3C1
Faith & Friends and Foi & Vie
Ken Ramstead ken_ramstead@can.salvationarmy.org
2 Overlea Boulevard, Toronto ON M4H 1P4
Faith Today
Bill Fledderus M.I.P. fledderus@EFC-Canada.com
905-479-5885
Bill Fledderus and Karen Stiller, Sr. Editors. editor@faithtoday.ca
1-866-302-3362 (Bill ext. 241, Karen ext. 345)
David Guretzk, Executive Vice-President
Family Life Network
Leona Krahn lkrahn@fln.ca
225 Riverton Ave., Winnipeg MB R2L 0N1
Focus
Roger Gingerich ed@cmdscanada.org
246B Main Street, Steinbach MB R5G 1Y8
GEEZ magazine
Aiden Enns
400 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg MB R3B 2M2 aiden@geezmagazine.org
Glad Tidings
Colleen Wood cwood@presbyterian.ca
50 Wynford Drive, Toronto ON M3C 1J7
Indian Life
Jim Uttley ilm.editor@indianlife.org
Box 3275, Redwood Post Office, Winnipeg MB R2W 3R6
The Link & Visitor
Renee James rsejames@gmail.com
100 - 304 The East Mall, Etobicoke ON M9B 6E2
Mandate
Rebekah Chevalier rchevali@united-church.ca
300 - 3250 Bloor St. West, Etobicoke ON M8X 2Y4
Mennonite Brethern Herald
Laura Kalmar lkalmar@mbconf.ca
1310 Taylor Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3M 3Z6
The Messenger
Terry Smith tsmith@emconf.ca
440 Main Street, Steinbach MB R5G 0L7
Mosaic
Laurena Zondo lzondo@cbmin.org
7185 Millcreek Drive, Mississauga ON L5N 5R4
Lisa Howden lisa.howden@fmcic.ca
4315 Village Centre Court, Mississauga ON L4Z 1S2
The New Freeman
Margie Trafton tnf@nbnet.nb.ca
One Bayard Drive, Saint John NB E2L 3L5
Northern Light
Bill Hall bill.hall@sasktel.net
101 - 5660 192 Street, Surrey BC V3S 2V7
Prairie Messenger
306-682-1772, Sask
Canadian News Editor Maureen Weber, pm.canadian@stpeterspress.ca
The Presbyterian Message
Joan Cho joan@thechos.ca
11 Vista Ridge Crescent, Saint John NB E2J 4K4
Presbyterian Record
David Harris DHarris@presbyterian.ca
50 Wynford Drive, Toronto ON M3C 1J7
Quebec Diocesan Gazette
James Sweeny jsweeny@abacom.com
Church House, 31 rue des Jardins, Quebec QC G1R 4L6
The Recorder
Lil Goertzen lil@gomission.ca
757 St. Anne's Road, Winnipeg MB R2N 4G6
Salvationist
John McAlister john_mcalister@cdn.salvationarmy.org
2 Overlea Boulevard, Toronto ON M4H 1P4
Scarboro Missions
Kathy Gillis kgillis@stfx.ca
47 Whidden Street, Antigonish NS B2G 2V7
Seven
Jeff Stearns jstearns@promisekeepers.ca
1295 North Service Road, Burlington ON L7R 4M2
Spiritan
Patrick Fitzpatrick
121 Victoria Park Avenue, Toronto ON M4E 3S2, spiritan@istar.ca
Tangents - Redeemer College
Tim Wolfert wolfert@redeemer.ca
777 Garner Road East, Ancaster ON L9K 1J4
Tapestry
Marion Hollinger hollinger@sasktel.net
2816 Calder Avenue, Saskatoon SK S7J 1W1
Testimony
Steve Kennedy
2450 Milltower Court, Mississauga ON L5N 5Z6, testimony@paoc.org
Tidings
Marina Hudson
4 Kay Street, Salisbury NB E4J 2J2, tidingsed@aol.com
Topic - Diocese of Westminster
Randy Murray rmurray@vancouver.anglican.ca
#580 - 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver BC V6B 5A1
The United Church Observer
David Wilson dnwilson@ucobserver.org
478 Huron Street, Toronto ON M5R 2R3
The Voice of the Martyrs
Cheryl Odden odden@persecution.net
#2 - 7015 Ordan Drive, Mississauga ON L5T 1Y2 c
Western Catholic Reporter
Glen Argan
8421 - 101 Avenue, Edmonton AB T6A 0L1, wcr@wcr.ab.ca
Word Alive
Dwayne Janke dwayne_janke@wycliffe.ca
4316 - 10 St. N.E., Calgary AB T2E 6K3
Canadian Christian News Service
info@canadianchristiannewsservice.com
The Christian Herald
905-874-1731
Submisions, info@christianherald.ca
Christian Courier
Amy MacLachlan, Features Editor, features@christiancourier.ca
Anglea Reitsma Bick, Editor-in-Chief, editor@christiancourier.ca
1-800-275-9185 (subscriptions)
National Catholic Reporter
900-444-8910, The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company
Executive Editor: Tom Roberts, troberts@ncronline.org
National Correspondent?: Heidi Schlumpf, hschlumpf@ncronline.org
Staff Writer: Brian Roewe, broewe@ncronline.org