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C HRIST C HURCH C ATHEDRAL O TTAWA
A PRIL 24, 2011
F ROM THE DESK OF D EAN P ARKER
T
here are two important undertakings taking shape in the Cathedral as we
celebrate Easter.
As you will see inside this edition of Ex Cathedra, the proposed
development of Cathedral and Diocesan lands is moving through the
municipal approval process, with the likelihood that preliminary work to make ready for
demolition and construction in 2012 may be underway in the Fall of this year.
Between May and November, the Cathedral will join with the Diocese in another venture in the form of
a major financial campaign, where members and friends of the Cathedral will have the opportunity to
pledge gifts over five years toward new ministry, and, notably, for the restoration of the Cathedral itself.
These two undertakings will have a profound, positive impact on the life and ministry of the Cathedral.
In both cases the presence, strength, vitality, and attractiveness of the Cathedral will be enhanced—
physically and spiritually.
The development of our lands will result in an open, dramatic, welcoming urban landscape that will literally draw people to the doorstep of the Cathedral, inviting them to taste the rich spiritual offerings
inside. The financial campaign will generate new resources for the Church’s ministry, and will fund the
remaining stages in the restoration of the striking and richly symbolic
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beauty of the Cathedral itself.
I write of these at Easter because they represent tangible investments in FEATURE NEWS
our commitment to the Risen Christ.
Jesus died on the cross and was raised from the dead to bring indestructible T HE V ICAR
hope, meaning, and purpose to life on earth. The Church, the people of God
and the physical signs of our presence in the world, is the living witness of C HOIR TRIP
Christ’s resurrection. As such, the work of the Church and the buildings and
tools it uses to do its work are deserving of the very best resources—in F EATURE PROFILE
abundance.
Q AND A
And so, I encourage all members and friends of the Cathedral to learn
about and to celebrate these two important initiatives, and to generously
V ESTRY
enable them through offering skills and gifts of money. The Cathedral, as a
place and as a community of disciples, is a powerful sign of the presence of
the Risen Christ in the Nation’s Capital. Pray that we, who have been called F INANCE
to serve here, will lavishly champion and boldly proclaim the Risen Christ in
D INNER LECTURE
these undertakings.
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W ORSHIP AT C HRIST C HURCH C ATHEDRAL O TTAWA
Sunday
8:30 am - Holy Eucharist
9:30 am - Matins (Sung on the first Sunday of each month)
10:30 am - Choral Eucharist
Weekdays
9:00 am - Morning Prayer (Except Thursdays)
12:05 pm - Said Eucharist
5:00 pm - Evening Prayer (Except Fridays)
L EGENDARY
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PERFORMERS HELP
C ATHEDRAL
CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
egendary South African jazz singer Thandie Klassen along with her daughter Lorraine Klassen
helped Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa celebrate Black History month in February with a
rousing tribute to Eartha Kitt, Miriam Makeba and Lena Horn. The Klassens were
accompanied by trumpeter Ginetta Vendetta and guitarist Mongezi Chris Ntaka.
Hosted by Cathedral Arts, the performance was in partial support of the YM-YWCA Women of
Distinction Award Program. The YM-YWCA Women of Distinction Awards began in the National Capital
region in 1994 to honour, encourage and recognize women whose outstanding activities and achievements contribute to the health and future of our community. Proceeds from these awards are used to
provide much needed financial assistance to children, youth and families in our community.
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P ROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD
By: David Caulfeild, Chair of the Joint Venture Task Force
T
he property development project is
moving steadily forward. The two
lease agreements (for the residential
development to the West of the Cathedral and for the office development to the
East) are within a whisker of acceptance for signature. There are no substantive issues on the
table – it’s all to do now with clarity; and those
administering the lease 100 years from now will
appreciate the clarity!
In the meantime, the Developer (Windmill Development Group) has been moving the applications
for Planning and Site Plan approvals through the
review process at City Hall. So far, the process has
been constructive, with many helpful modifications being made to the design along the way.
Dean Parker has been instrumental in explaining
to various committees how this project enhances
the capacity of the Diocese and the Cathedral in
our community.
The project will be presented to City Council for
final approval on May 11. On May 1, following
the 10:30 service, the Developer will provide Ca-
thedral parishioners an advance preview of the presentation, including design concepts for the new Cathedral Hall.
In a design workshop with our team on April 6, architects for the project developed a layout for the new
Cathedral Hall that will feature: a direct connection
to the Cathedral and Lauder Hall; a large, bright
foyer opening onto the Garth; low energy consumption (including a green roof); and, most importantly,
the enhancement of the Cathedral as a welcoming
place for all people (the draft landscape plan below
gives a taste of where things may be placed).
In the coming weeks, the Developer will work with
us on the plan for construction staging and temporary facilities. While there will be disruptions, the
“construction journey” will also be an adventure –
with innovative adaptations to our ministry and our
existing spaces. The journey will become part of the
Cathedral’s folklore, so that in a few years, those
who joined together during it can say, “Do you remember how we enjoyed having coffee in the Cathedral when these great new facilities were under construction?”
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E YEWITNESS
TO
R ESURRECTION
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By: The Rev. Canon Catherine Ascah, Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa
t happened in England. On a
particularly hot day in early July,
2009. The Cathedral Boys’ Choir
were touring Blenheim Palace in
Oxfordshire. The birthplace of Sir
Winston Churchill and current home
to the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough is a sight to behold, with
remarkable tapestries and priceless
art. All of this grandeur was no match
though for the combined effects of jet
lag and unseasonably hot weather.
The boys were fading fast.
“W E
ARE AN
E ASTER PEOPLE .
A ND MAYBE WE
CAN ’ T ALWAYS
DEPICT OR
DOMESTICATE
E ASTER
STORY . B UT AS
THE
WE EBB AND
FLOW INTO THE
LIVES OF
OTHERS , WE
HAVE
OPPORTUNITY
TO BRING THE
LIGHT AND HOPE
OF
C HRIST TO
THEM .“
The tour was coming to an end, and
we found ourselves in the “Long
Library”. At the far end of the room
was the renowned Willis pipe organ,
and Matthew, our Music Director,
was in close consultation with a member of the Palace staff. There were a
few telltale nods of the head. The
boys were instantly on high alert. It
was like the breath of God in Ezekiel’s
valley of dry bones.
Our guide, bless her, was immediately
forgotten as the choristers scurried
(yes, scurried) like so many church
mice to the far end of the room. “Are
you going to play?” they began to ask
Matthew. “Play Zadok the Priest!”
“We want to sing Zadok the Priest!”
If you didn’t believe in the resurrection before, you would have that afternoon. Twenty-three boys who
were virtually catatonic miraculously
came to life. The energy was palpable. There was no sheet music. There
was no plan. Not all of the men of
the choir were there. But there was
no holding back.
At the opening notes of the organ,
other Palace staff hurried in; other
tours made their way into the sunfilled room. The choir, without music,
without warm up, but with all the joy
and passion of making music stunned
the crowds from the opening chord of
Handel’s majestic anthem.
A palace staff member wept openly,
in joy and release. Her 21-year old
nephew had just been killed in
Afghanistan the day before. This gift,
as she called the performance, gave
her a sense of hope in the midst of
her loss. Our coach driver, having
toured with the likes of the Vienna
Boys’ Choir stood by the wall, tears
silently streaming down his face.
“Sublime,” he muttered.
“The symbol of Easter is the empty
tomb. You can’t depict or domesticate emptiness. You can’t make it
into pageants and string it with lights.
It doesn’t move people to give presents to each other or sing old songs.
It ebbs and flows all around us, the
Eastertide.” (Buechner, Frederick.
Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the
ABC’s of Faith. Harper Collins: San
Francisco, CA, 2004, pp 91-92.)
We are an Easter people. And maybe
we can’t always depict or domesticate the Easter story. But as we ebb
and flow into the lives of others, we
have opportunity to bring the light
and hope of Christ to them. Resurrection can be found in the most unlikely
of places… be they empty tombs, or
palace rooms.
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CHURCH CATHEDRAL OTTAWA
C HOIR
OF MEN AND BOYS TO TOUR FRANCE AND ENGLAND
By: Holly Shipton, Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa
O
ver the years, the Christ
Church
Cathedral
Ottawa (CCCO) Choir of
Men and Boys has had
the opportunity to perform in major
sacred-music venues in Canada, the
United States, and the United
Kingdom.
Most recently, in June 2010, the choir
performed in New York City, where it
sang at St. Thomas' Fifth Avenue, the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and
the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.
very special outing for July 6, 2011
has been planned. The Choir will
travel north from Paris to visit the
Vimy Memorial, Canada’s most impressive tribute overseas to those
who fought and gave their lives in the
First World War. Later that day, the
Choir will stop at the Barlin Communal Cemetery in the town of Barlin,
where 679 Canadians are buried. One
of them is Lieutenant Edmund
Gordon “Jim” Brown (1895-1917), a
former chorister at CCCO.
In July 2011, the Choir of Men and There is a plaque in the Cathedral beBoys will embark on a performance hind the south-side canon stalls that
commemorates Lieutenant Brown. In
tour of France and England.
honour of the spiritual connection
The Choir will sing at Notre Dame between the Cathedral and town, the
Cathedral and the American Cathe- EU2011 Tour organizers are in the
dral of the Holy Trinity in Paris, Char- process of arranging for the Choir to
tres Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, sing a concert that evening in Barlin.
Bath Abbey, and St. Paul's Cathedral
Undertakings such as this summer's
in London.
tour to France and England are expensive. Since the costs of the tour
will be borne entirely by the members
“T HE C HOIR WILL SING AT
of the Choir, a number of concerts
N OTRE D AME C ATHEDRAL AND
and other fundraising events have
THE A MERICAN C ATHEDRAL OF
been planned.
THE H OLY T RINIITY .”
The Choir is grateful for the ongoing
support of parishioners and the wider
Following the Choir's highly ac- Ottawa community. All choirs dream
claimed performances in Cambridge, of singing in the great churches of the
Ely, and London in 2009, the EU2011 world. Any support that you can offer
Tour promises to build upon the foun- will ensure that the choristers - boys
dation of musical excellence, for and men - will be able to live the exwhich the Choir is known. It will also perience of performing some of the
afford the choristers an occasion to greatest choral music ever written, in
pay their respects to one of their the spaces for which the composers
own. While the Choir is in France, a intended.
“I N
HONOUR
OF THE
SPIRITUAL
CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE
C ATHEDRAL
AND TOWN ,
THE EU2011
T OUR
ORGANIZERS
ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF
ARRANGING
FOR THE
C HOIR
TO
SING A
CONCERT THAT
EVENING IN
B ARLIN .”
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F AITHFUL
F
SERVICE TO
C ATHEDRAL
DELIVERS MANY KINDS OF BLESSINGS
amilies generally come in all shapes and
sizes. Some do everything together.
Others are made up of people who are
just as happy to go their own separate
ways and see each other once in a while. One is a
blessing. Paul and Penny Armstrong consider
themselves doubly blessed to have been able to
find a second family right here at Christ Church
Cathedral where they and their children have
been active parishioners for nearly eighteen
years.
“When we first started coming here I never
realized how much we would enjoy it and how
much we would get out of the whole experience,” Paul says. “Today, it’s very much our faith
community and all of us have been enriched. Our lives are completely different and I really just
can’t imagine what it would be like now not to have the Cathedral as our second family.”
Both Paul and Penny were born in Ottawa and describe themselves as “children of Westboro”
although they also have fond memories of growing up in the outskirts of the city at a time when
fields were more plentiful than roads. “My family had a ‘wild phase’ where we lived out on Meadowlands Road until I was nine. The street was just two lanes and all the houses were little bungalows on double lots,” Penny notes.
Her family moved to Westboro when Penny was nine, but not before spending time living on her
grandfather’s farm on Carling Avenue while waiting for their new house to be built.
“My grandfather sold the one hundred acre farm so they could build Whitehaven and Woodroffe
High School .The students used to come up the long path past our farm-house and barns to get
there,” Penny adds.
Paul was born in Westboro although his family subsequently moved to the area around the
Carlingwood shopping centre when it was an outdoor mall – building a house in the brand-new
development there just three doors away from St. Martin’s church. “There was literally nothing
there in our neighbourhood when we moved and I can still remember my father working with the
neighbours to build the first wooden fences to separate all the lots.” Paul’s grandfather founded
Armstrong Motors and Westpark Bowling lanes which were managed by Paul's father and uncle.
Paul and Penny’s parents were close friends and it was through that association that they met and
eventually began dating. “We were basically raised by the same bridge club,” Penny notes.
“Our mothers were high school friends and in the same bridge club when we were growing up. We
didn’t know each other then but the club would alternate the games between our houses and talk
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CHURCH CATHEDRAL OTTAWA
C ATHEDRAL ’ S A NN B OURKE
A
IS NEW VICE CHANCELLOR OF GENERAL SYNOD
rchbishop Fred Hiltz nominated Ann Bourke to be the Vice
Chancellor of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of
Canada late last year. Ex Cathedra interviewed Ann to learn more
about the path that led to her taking on this important
national appointment.
How did you come to be a member of the Cathedral?
It was September 1997 and I’d just moved from Toronto to Ottawa, ready to
start a new job with the federal government. The first Sunday, I wanted to
find a church where I’d be comfortable and I remembered that I’d been to the
Cathedral once when visiting Ottawa so I walked over and arrived about 20
minutes late. But as I opened the door and came in, the choir was singing music which I love, and I knew I’d found my church. “Thank you, God, I’m
home”. The Dean at the time was Peter Coffin and he made me Photo: By Art Babych
welcome from that first morning on. I have never left.
When and how did you learn that you had been appointed Vice Chancellor of General Synod?
Ah yes, that wasn’t one of my more articulate days! I’m retired now and in mid-November last year I
was sitting one morning on my couch at home, feet up, mug of coffee at the side and reading some
novel of no great literary content. My cell phone rang and to my stunned surprise I found the Primate,
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, on the other end. At first I wasn’t concentrating on what he was saying as I was
puzzling why he was phoning and why on my cell phone. Fortunately, the Primate was clear and to the
point and I finally heard him ask if I’d accept his nomination of me as Vice Chancellor of the General
Synod. Stunned, for the second time in as many minutes, I think I heard myself say yes!
What experiences led to you being considered for the position of Vice Chancellor?
I don’t really know what the Primate considered in his choice of Vice Chancellor but he did tell me that
he had spoken to various people before he made his choice. He had also spoken with the nominee for
the position of Chancellor, David Jones from Edmonton. Both positions, those of Chancellor and Vice
Chancellor, are nominated by the Primate and elected by the Council of General Synod, and we then
were elected at the end of November 2010. I think that the main reason my name came up was because
I’ve been the Vice Chancellor of the Ottawa Diocese for the past 10 years and so have some experience
and knowledge of church structure and in canon law.
What will the appointment involve?
If my experience as Vice Chancellor for our diocese is anything to go by, the appointment will involve
anything requiring legal advice which the Primate or the Chancellor decide is something with which I can
help them! There’s no set ‘job description’ as such in the position and work will come in various interesting forms. I have already been involved in several issues based on statutory law and canon law and
imagine this will continue, but the scope of involvement is potentially broad.
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(Q and A, continued from page 7)
For me this is a huge privilege and honour, as indeed it has been to be Vice Chancellor for our diocese
over the past 10 years. The Primate has also allowed me to continue with the diocesan position at the
same time. While the diocesan position has allowed me to gain a good understanding of the local level,
now it’s exciting to see the work in which we as Anglicans are involved both nationally and internationally and how we can all help.
But even though my horizons have been broadened by this appointment, my foundation remains Christ
Church Cathedral, Ottawa — my home.
F OCUS OF CATHEDRAL TO REMAIN ON BUILDING MINISTRY
C
hrist Church Cathedral approved a
projected deficit of $23,750 for the
current fiscal year at its Vestry
meeting in February.
“Our four percent operating deficit is a concern to
be addressed, but it is a very small part of our
overall financial situation which is quite robust,”
Dean Parker noted in his charge to Vestry. “The
challenge is not to cut,
but to give: not to
take away but to offer.” Rather than cuts,
he added, the focus
should be on building
up ministries.
using the expertise of an independent fundraising
consulting firm specializing in serving churches
and faith-based organizations. “There is abundance in our life as God’s people,” Dean Parker
added. “God is faithful to us. There is no cause to
worry. Stay tuned.”
Cathedral revenue projections for 2011 are
$756,700 while planned investments in the five
ministries of worship,
pastoral care, fellowship, spiritual development and community involvement are
projected at $805,
450.
The Dean said that
“despite the clear admonition of Jesus not
to worry, we just can’t
help ourselves sometimes. We see scarcity instead of abundance. We talk about our “financial
situation” like it is a deadly, dominating spectre.”
The budgeted investment in the Cathedral’s ministry of
worship, which includes all liturgies and much of our music ministry, is projected at $246,976 in 2011 – representing 31 percent of our operating budget.
He said that, “The truth is there is nothing that
needs to be cut or lopped off: there is instead
much to be added and built up.”
Pastoral care and fellowship ministry investments
are both projected at $155,563 for 2011 (each
19% of the budget).
In the Fall, Dean Parker added, members and
friends of the Cathedral will have a new opportunity to share in building up our capacity to serve
God through a diocesan-wide financial campaign
The projected investment in spiritual development is $121, 417, and the investment in community involvement is projected at $125, 931 in the
2011 operating budget.
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CHURCH CATHEDRAL OTTAWA
OPERATING FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE
REVENUES
Offerings:
General Envelopes
Open Offerings
Special Services
Sub-Total
CURRENT ACTUAL
Year-to-date
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MONTHS ENDED
F EBRUARY 28, 2011
BUDGET
Year-to-date
$64,135
7,523
1,900
$73,558
$68,000
10,300
0
$78,300
21,839
6,143
(2010) $63,824
(2010) $74,289
Other:
Rentals
Misc. Income
Appropriations
Sub-Total
TOTAL REVENUES
$28,166
$101,723
21,250
5,916
0
$27,166
$105,466
EXPENDITURES
Ministry
Mission
Administration
Plant Operations
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
OPERATING DEFICIT
$58,904
27,670
33,425
30,393
$150,392
($48,669)
$57,509
27,155
26,446
28,924
$140,034 (2010) $135,389
($34,568) (2010) ($33,261)
184
(2010) $102,128
S HROVE T UESDAY FESTIVITIES DRAW LARGE TURN OUT
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(Feature Profile, continued from page 6)
about what was going on in the different families.” She adds that their marriage was similar to a
high-school reunion. “It was like the Royal wedding of Westboro. There were more people there who
were guests and friends of our parents than of us and a lot of them came from that bridge club.”
Penny attended services and was baptized in the United Church when she was small but later turned
to the Anglican Church after a friend’s mother passed away. “An Anglican priest did the funeral
service and they had a prayer book there which I read and thought how wonderful the words were
and how comforting and soothing it was,” Penny notes. “When I started coming I found that the
liturgy is so beautiful, welcoming and poetic and that is a big reason why I kept coming back.”
Since joining the Christ Church family in 1993, Penny has taught Sunday school and has served as
head choir mom for both choirs. She has also served as deputy warden and warden and is currently
head of the Altar Guild. Both she and Paul have also served as sides-people for the last ten years.
Paul has also been an active member of the Cathedral Men’s Group – serving as Vice-President for
six years. “We’ve met a lot of wonderful people here from all walks of life and made many good
friends,” Paul notes. “The Cathedral is very much our second family and we feel blessed in so many
different ways to be a part of it.” Paul and Penny have two children – Jake and Becky (who is married
to Felan Parker) – both of whom sang in the Cathedral choirs for many years.
‘R EMARKABLE TIME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ’ LAUDED AT DINNER LECTURE
W
ill 2011 make history on the
human rights front given the
recent events in North Africa
and the Middle East? That
question took centre stage at a
dinner lecture event in March
hosted by Cathedral Arts and
featuring Alex Neve, Secretary
General of Amnesty International Canada. “This is a truly
remarkable time for human
rights and this year has already
made history,” Mr. Neve
noted. “What remains to be
seen is how much history and
how far, how wide and how lasting the impact will
be.”
as the year of the “human rights revolution,”
perhaps resonating even beyond the Arab world,
Mr. Neve added. “Continued empowerment of
women, greater protection for local human rights
activists, and continued innovation and expanding access to
social media are all key,” he
said. “We need deep and
international commitment to
key international initiatives in
areas such as international justice, human rights responsibilities of business, regulating the
global arms trade and a more
consistent and principled
application of the responsibility to protect.”
The first area requiring Canadian and internaBoth Canada and the rest of the world need to tional attention concerns the empowerment of
address several areas if 2011 is to become known
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(Dinner lecture, continued from page 10)
women. Women have played a leadership role in
many of recent uprisings in countries such as
Tunisia and Egypt, Mr. Neve noted, but have
largely been excluded from power in the
aftermath of those uprisings. “The international
community must, as an absolute top priority,
stand with women to make sure their gains continue,” he said.
Another area requiring attention from the
international community concerns the protection
of human rights activists. Mr. Neve noted that the
sad reality in many instances is that human rights
activists are often among the first to become the
victims of human rights abuses.” It is time for governments to ensure that throughout the region or
across the world human rights activists receive
the respect and protection they deserve and
require,” Mr. Neve said.
Social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook
are now also playing central roles in helping to
drive human rights protest movements.
Governments should support and resource
emerging new digital platforms while also taking
steps to close the “cyber divide” which risks
leaving behind more marginalized, impoverished
and less educated sectors of society, Mr. Neve
said.
Mr. Neve pointed to the creation of the
International Criminal Court as a promising development on the international stage to strengthen
international justice but noted that progress in
the area is still “shaky” since countries such as
Russia, China and the US which all wield vetoes on
the United Nations Security Council are not strong
supporters of initiatives to strengthen laws and
institutions for international justice. There have
been encouraging discussions however to ensure
that officials responsible for human rights
violations in Tunisia and Egypt face international
justice. “Then quite remarkably among the first
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decisions taken among members of the Security
Council in response to the rapidly escalating crisis
in Libya was a referral of the situation to the international criminal court,” Mr. Neve said. “So it has
been very encouraging to see the central place of
international justice in the world’s reaction to
events across North Africa.”
The debate about whether businesses should be
left to voluntarily govern themselves when it
comes to their human rights practices or whether
there is a role for government regulation is also
becoming more prominent, Mr. Neve said.
“Amnesty International and many others argue
that optional buy-in is simply not good enough
and never has been good enough when it comes
to something as important as human rights,” Mr.
Neve noted. “We truly need to work to ensure
that a meaningful human rights framework with
standards and a means of enforcement is finally
developed at both national and at global levels.”
The “fiasco” of witnessing countries such as Libya
use arms purchased from Western governments
against their own citizens should also spur governments to work together to develop a new global
arms treaty, Neve said, one that will ensure that it
would no longer be legal for countries and
governments to allow arms to be sold and transferred all over the world with no regard for the
“lethal human rights consequences” that may
follow.
One encouraging international development, Mr.
Neve noted, was the establishment of a proposal
called the “Responsibility to Protect” which helps
to define the world’s responsibility to act in the
face of grave human rights and humanitarian crises. However the doctrine has not been applied
equally in all cases. “We certainly need to press
world government to move beyond arbitrariness
and inconsistency in taking up the responsibility
to protect, Mr. Neve said. He also noted that Canada’s voice on the world stage must be strongly in
support of human rights.
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P ASTORAL
APERITIF PERFORMANCE WOWS CATHEDRAL AUDIENCE
A
ccomplished classical harpist Caroline Léonardelli and violist David Thies-Thompson were
among two of the guest musicians at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa in April, performing
a wonderful “Pastoral Aperitif” of music from France and England. Proceeds from the
concert will go to support the 2011 European tour of the Choir of Men and Boys. Other
guest musicians were Michael Carty (tenor) and Bronwyn Thies-Thompson (soprano).
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