Church privileges must be cancelled: Vancouver City Council ordered to nullify tax exemptions

Media release: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Church tax exemptions and licensing must be cancelled: Vancouver City Council ordered to Cease and Desist or face sanctions Vancouver: A coalition of citizens that includes local indigenous elders has issued a Public Cease and Desist Order to Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and the ten city councilors. The Order requires that the Vancouver City Council immediately cancel all tax exemptions and licensing for the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and United Church of Canada churches or face sanctions for their complicity with these churches’ “proven and self-admitted genocide and ongoing crimes against humanity.” The group presented its Cease and Desist Order to the Mayor and city councilors at their regular meeting this morning at City Hall. The Order includes a general Banishment Proclamation against these churches that was also issued today by local indigenous elders and their allies. A copy