Church must pay: poll (says) only minority wants to see bankruptcy.Fredericton Four of five Canadians polled say they do not want churches forced into bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most in order to settle residential school lawsuits. But more respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. chose the churches over the federal government when asked who ought to be forced to pay for the abuse that took place in some schools. Those results are from a January poll by the Angus Reid For the football player, see . Angus Reid is a Canadian entrepreneur in the market research industry. He is CEO of both Vision Critical and Angus Reid Strategies, two affiliate companies based in Vancouver, Canada. Group for the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Presbyterian churches. General Secretary Jim Boyles James (Jim) Boyle is an American politician in the State of Ohio, affiliated with the Democratic party. He has served on the city council of South Euclid, Ohio, and also ran for the Ohio General Assembly challenging an entrenched pro-life incumbent. He lost. said the church deliberately withheld the results earlier until May's Council of General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had meeting. Four of five people polled said they were aware of the residential schools issue. Two thirds said the abusers themselves should be required to pay victims compensation, 45 per cent said churches should pay, 32 per cent said the federal government ought to pay and 22 per cent named the provincial government. The poll noted the cost to the Anglican Church of settling the lawsuits has been estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars and respondents were asked whether they think the church can pay. Forty-five per cent said the church probably or definitely could whereas slightly more said they probably couldn't. Respondents were asked if they believed the churches' claims that they might be forced into bankruptcy by paying an claims. Fifty-nine per cent found that very or somewhat believable be·liev·a·ble adj. Capable of eliciting belief or trust. See Synonyms at plausible. be·liev  a·bil ; 39 per cent
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People were also asked to choose one of three options: have the churches pay the most they can without going bankrupt BANKRUPT. A person who has done, or suffered some act to be done, which is by law declared an act of bankruptcy; in such case he may be declared a bankrupt. 2. It is proper to notice that there is much difference between a bankrupt and an insolvent. and the government pay the rest; force churches to sell some of their assets including buildings and property to pay claims; or force the churches to declare bankruptcy. Bankruptcy was the least popular, winning overall support of just 18 per cent. About equal numbers (58 and 53 per cent) supported or strongly supported the first two options. Asked about the churches being named ahead of Ottawa in terms of liability, Archdeacon Boyles said, "It challenges us to explain more fully the relationship between the church and the government in running the schools." |
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