CANADIANS - write to your MPs!

hh123 · Feb 4, 2008

CANADIANS - write to your MPs!

Scientology's situation in Canada is slightly different than it is in the US, so a slightly different template is needed for writing to your MP. Scientology is NOT tax-exempt in Canada, but is a "religious non-profit organization", so we should be asking for it to lose that title, and eventually be banned.

I took the template from the one drawn up for wiriting to Congress and made a few changes.

Dear <MP>,

I'm writing you today to ask that you revoke please consider banning the Church of Scientology, as been considered in Germany. As a concerned voter, I am troubled by the Church of Scientology. Their activities and operating procedures are not in line with what is historically considered a “religion”. Right now in Canada the Church is considered a “religious non-profit organization”. The idea that the CoS is non-profit is laughable, given the cult’s history.

- They require payment before allowing members to view their religious texts and participate in church-mandated "auditing," rather than soliciting voluntary donations as most mainstream churches. Those who do not have the money to pay for this participation are required to work for the church in exchange for its services, paid at a rate far far below minimum wage. Former members have reported that members as young as twelve years old are taken out of school and required to work long hours to pay for their own and their parents' religious education. This is against child labour laws, not to mention our society’s morals and ethics.

- They legally prosecute anyone who speaks out against them or reveals their religious materials. Their founder, L. Ron Hubbard, said that he considers the purpose of the courts not to seek justice, but to destroy people financially, mentally, and emotionally. L. Ron Hubbard said that the object of a lawsuit is not to win but to tie up opponents' time and money through "shotgun" litigation.

- Under their policy of “Fair Game,” any person declared a “Suppressive Person” (anyone that doesn’t believe in Scientology, “may be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed.” Critics of the church and former members are subjected to stalking, harassment, physical attacks, libel and slander. These tactics are official church policy, well documented, and continue to this day despite what CoS spokespeople claim.

- Members are required to cut all ties with non-Scientologist friends and family members. This is their well-documented policy of “disconnection.” Likewise, members who leave the religion are ostracized by former friends, family members, even spouses and children.

- Information gained by the church from its members during "auditing," which is similar to the Catholic practice of confession, is used to blackmail members into remaining in the church and keeping quiet about its practices.

- In 1997 the Supreme Court of Canada found the CoS guilty for a brief of trust relating to attempts to infiltrate Canadian government offices. They were also forced to pay $4 million to Casey Hill, the prosecutor of the case, after the Church’s attempts to discredit him. This behaviour is in line with other CoS practices, such as the infamous "Operation Snow White," the largest infiltration of the United States government in history. Their aim was to suppress unfavourable information about the church in official records, obtain tax-exempt status for the church, and gain confidential information about their enemies. In 1977, an FBI raid of the church revealed information about other conspiracies inside the church to influence the government and persecute the church's detractors.

This is just a short list of the many activities in which Scientology has been proven or suspected to engage in. Their legal status as a non-profit is extremely disheartening, when they operate at best in the manner of a corporation and at worst as a dangerous cult. Please take action by looking further into the actions of Scientology and its leadership. This group should not be allowed to continue operating in the Canada, and all our rights and freedoms would be better protected the moment it’s gone.

Sincerely,
<Your Name>

REMEMBER, you can send mail to your Member of Parliament POSTAGE FREE at:
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6

You can find out who your MP is by visiting http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Com...e.aspx?Menu=HOC

l34f · Feb 4, 2008

I really have to look in more
about quebec and CoS
I really have no clue how this happened

drdeath · Feb 4, 2008

Your link has ellipses in it. It is actually: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compila ... x?Menu=HOC

no1important · Feb 8, 2008

thanks for the info. I sent mine.

however, in the last paragraph you refer to the great white north as 'the Canada'.

i did appreciate the "ou" in labour.

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