Ontario Provincial Election
October 10, 2007
Voting: Informed, Concerned, Committed
Voting is one of the most fundamental rights of people in a democratic society. It’s also a great responsibility.
With Ontario’s provincial election set for October 10th, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto has created Election Guide 2007 - Counting on Your Vote: Raising issues with candidates in this election that affect the most vulnerable.
Catholic Social Teaching undergirds our Election Guide because it spurs us on to be in solidarity with all people but especially the poor and vulnerable. Justice is at the core of this thinking. The Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops has reminded us of our responsibility to make sure that any government we elect must work to shape our lives and livelihoods in a way that benefits everyone. No one must be left wanting; no one should benefit to the exclusion of anyone else.
As Pope Benedict XVI has written: “The just ordering of society and the State is a central responsibility of politics...Justice is both the aim and the intrinsic criterion of all politics. Politics is more than a mere mechanism for defining the rules of public life: its origin and its goal are found in justice.”
We hope Election Guide 2007 is a helpful tool in your parish, your community and in your own family. |