The National Vice President for the REAL Women of Canada believes the prime minister bears some responsibility for church burnings and vandalism earlier this summer..In an interview with Western Standard, Gwendolyn Landolt said the government is “trying to shrug off responsibility” for its failures past and present..“Trudeau [was] saying the Catholic Church better own up to its responsibilities. And then his Minister of Northern Affairs [was] saying the Catholic Church should be charged when in fact it was the responsibility of the federal government and the federal Department of Indian Affairs which since 1883 had been responsible for the residential schools. It had determined the policy, it refused to pay to transport any children who died in residence,” Landolt said..Landolt received her law degree at the University of British Columbia and formerly was a federal government lawyer specializing in immigration and indigenous issues. She said the Trudeau government has not responded to the calls for action in the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation report regarding residential school cemeteries except to pledge $33.8 million in the 2019 budget for a residential school death registry..“I think the blame should go on Trudeau. He couldn’t care less the damage he was doing to the Catholic Church trying to protect himself. He’s never owned up to any responsibility whether it’s the SNC Lavalin, whether it’s WE Charity, his ethics breaches. No, no, no, no, everybody else is wrong, but he’s right. And he’s never admitted fault about anything,” Landolt said..“In a very immature and responsible manner, he has it all involved with the Catholic Church. And, of course, this has been picked up in the headlines and what in fact has led to the church burnings and what was going on.”.On June 4, before the church burnings began, Trudeau said: “As a Catholic, I am deeply disappointed by the position that the Catholic Church has taken now, and over the past many years…When I went to the Vatican a number of years ago, I directly asked His Holiness Pope Francis to move forward on apologizing, on asking for forgiveness, on restitution, on making these records available.”.Trudeau encouraged Canadians and Catholics to “to reach out in our local parishes, to reach out to bishops and cardinals, and make it clear that we expect the church to step up and take responsibility for its role in this, and be there to help in the grieving and the healing, including with records…It’s something a number of other churches, the United Church and others, have done. It’s something we are all still waiting for the Catholic Church to do.”.A CBC checklist of the 94 calls to action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission shows 14 have been completed, 25 are underway, 35 have proposals introduced, and there is no progress on the remaining 20..Landolt pointed out on July 21 Trudeau had a one-day seminar on antisemitism, followed by one the next day Islamaphobia, but none regarding over 50 incidents of church arson and vandalism..“It seems to be in Trudeau and the Liberal government’s mind, ‘Well, it’s only Catholic,’” said Landolt..“Trudeau has shown that he may be a Catholic, but he certainly is…trying to thrust responsibility onto the Catholic Church which was his responsibility and the government’s responsibility.”.Landolt believes placing undue blame on the Catholic Church serves a political purpose..“The secular world doesn’t want to have any religion in the public square…because the only thing that’s standing up to the woke cultural changes, or left-wing changes, have been organized religions,” Landolt said..“They want to get rid of that. And this is a handy tool. Oh well, it’s okay, the Catholic Church, at least we’ll get them off the public square. But it certainly is more than a double standard – it’s hypocrisy to the utmost limit to further a known political agenda.”.REAL Women of Canada is a socially conservative advocacy group in Canada that was founded in 1983. REAL stands for “Realistic, Equal, Active, for Life”.Lee Harding is a Saskatchewan-based correspondent for the Western Standard.
The National Vice President for the REAL Women of Canada believes the prime minister bears some responsibility for church burnings and vandalism earlier this summer..In an interview with Western Standard, Gwendolyn Landolt said the government is “trying to shrug off responsibility” for its failures past and present..“Trudeau [was] saying the Catholic Church better own up to its responsibilities. And then his Minister of Northern Affairs [was] saying the Catholic Church should be charged when in fact it was the responsibility of the federal government and the federal Department of Indian Affairs which since 1883 had been responsible for the residential schools. It had determined the policy, it refused to pay to transport any children who died in residence,” Landolt said..Landolt received her law degree at the University of British Columbia and formerly was a federal government lawyer specializing in immigration and indigenous issues. She said the Trudeau government has not responded to the calls for action in the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation report regarding residential school cemeteries except to pledge $33.8 million in the 2019 budget for a residential school death registry..“I think the blame should go on Trudeau. He couldn’t care less the damage he was doing to the Catholic Church trying to protect himself. He’s never owned up to any responsibility whether it’s the SNC Lavalin, whether it’s WE Charity, his ethics breaches. No, no, no, no, everybody else is wrong, but he’s right. And he’s never admitted fault about anything,” Landolt said..“In a very immature and responsible manner, he has it all involved with the Catholic Church. And, of course, this has been picked up in the headlines and what in fact has led to the church burnings and what was going on.”.On June 4, before the church burnings began, Trudeau said: “As a Catholic, I am deeply disappointed by the position that the Catholic Church has taken now, and over the past many years…When I went to the Vatican a number of years ago, I directly asked His Holiness Pope Francis to move forward on apologizing, on asking for forgiveness, on restitution, on making these records available.”.Trudeau encouraged Canadians and Catholics to “to reach out in our local parishes, to reach out to bishops and cardinals, and make it clear that we expect the church to step up and take responsibility for its role in this, and be there to help in the grieving and the healing, including with records…It’s something a number of other churches, the United Church and others, have done. It’s something we are all still waiting for the Catholic Church to do.”.A CBC checklist of the 94 calls to action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission shows 14 have been completed, 25 are underway, 35 have proposals introduced, and there is no progress on the remaining 20..Landolt pointed out on July 21 Trudeau had a one-day seminar on antisemitism, followed by one the next day Islamaphobia, but none regarding over 50 incidents of church arson and vandalism..“It seems to be in Trudeau and the Liberal government’s mind, ‘Well, it’s only Catholic,’” said Landolt..“Trudeau has shown that he may be a Catholic, but he certainly is…trying to thrust responsibility onto the Catholic Church which was his responsibility and the government’s responsibility.”.Landolt believes placing undue blame on the Catholic Church serves a political purpose..“The secular world doesn’t want to have any religion in the public square…because the only thing that’s standing up to the woke cultural changes, or left-wing changes, have been organized religions,” Landolt said..“They want to get rid of that. And this is a handy tool. Oh well, it’s okay, the Catholic Church, at least we’ll get them off the public square. But it certainly is more than a double standard – it’s hypocrisy to the utmost limit to further a known political agenda.”.REAL Women of Canada is a socially conservative advocacy group in Canada that was founded in 1983. REAL stands for “Realistic, Equal, Active, for Life”.Lee Harding is a Saskatchewan-based correspondent for the Western Standard.
