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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="4"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">2012-06-11
-</font> God Bless Canada!</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>(Posted
on June 5, 2012 by Jerusalem Connection, in Uncategorized</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>By
Shira Sorko-Ram, Maoz)</b></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Canada
has long been considered a classical liberal democracy. In fact,
according to Wikipedia, Canada is presently one of the more liberal
countries in the Americas - a nation with government-regulated free
market, with an emphasis on social justice and social progressivism
such as abortion issues and same-sex marriage.</b></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>However,
a quiet revolution has been taking place since Stephen Harper was
sworn in with his own personal Bible as Canada's 22<sup>nd</sup>
prime minister in 2006.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>The
prime minister is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
church, and his critics castigate him for being a “born-again
Christian.” Journalist Colin Campbell of <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/">www.macleans.ca</a>
noted that “the church [of Harper] looks and sounds nothing like
the ornate, staid Catholic churches attended by past prime ministers.
There is no choir, organ or pews. Instead, there is a drum kit,
guitars, piano and metal chairs. There is a large wooden cross at the
front, but little else by way of decoration. The pastor used
PowerPoint graphics, projected onto the building's pale pink walls to
highlight his sermon. Worshipers are encouraged to clap or raise
their hands to the sky while singing.” Even though this prime
minister governs over a nation of whom only about 10% are
evangelicals, he is immensely popular. In fact, in the 2011
parliament elections, his party won an absolute majority.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>According
to the Globe and Mail, Harper is moving towards smaller government,
encouraging growth through low taxes and the fewest regulations
possible. Within three years, his aim is to balance the national
budge, “a feat virtually unequaled in the developed world.”
(theGlobeandMail.com; 29Mar2012)</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>But
his changes grabbing global headlines are in international foreign
policy, specifically Israel. Believe it or not, headlines in many
news outlets and and blogs read: “Canada is the World's Most
Pro-Israel Country.”</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Journalists
are somewhat baffled as to what drives the prime minister's
pro-Israel agenda. Even though he has “embraced Israel as has no
Canadian leader before him,” the media notes that out of 34 million
Canadians, Jews number only 315,000. In contrast, the number of
Canadian Muslims is expected to nearly triple in the next 20 years,
from about 940,000 in 2010 to nearly 2.7 million in 2030, according
to the Pew Research Center.</b></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>The
media concludes that Harper seems to be acting out of personal
conviction. He has been known to stand up for Israel since 1997 when
he worked for a conservative economic organization. Even then, where
there could have been no political calculation, he made it clear that
he believed Canada should be a loyal, true ally of Israel.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>And
wonder of wonders, the prime minister has been able to transform
Canadian policy for Israel with little opposition.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Harper's
strong feelings for Israel can be seen as consistent with his
distinctly conservative background and worldview. He believes Israel
is a bulwark of democracy and Western civilization warring against
terrorists in a region governed by brutal autocrats.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Soon
after becoming prime minister, he was the first to cut off funds to
the Palestinian Authority in 2006 when it was taken over by Hamas.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>He
has spoken out often about growing global anti-Semitism.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>In
nine items against Israel at a recent committee of the UN General
Assembly, Canada consistently voted with a small group of Israel's
staunchest allies - the US and four small Pacific island nations.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Last
year, Harper made world headlines when he alone refused to sign on to
a G8 statement which specifically called for talks based on a return
to Israel's 1967 borders, plus some minor land swaps negotiated with
Palestinians - an idea President Barack Obama pressed for vigorously.
Harper would not sign on until that phrase was deleted.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>When
UNESCO, a UN organization, decided to bypass the UN's legal methods
for accepting a new nation into the UN and voted for Palestine to be
admitted to UNESCO, only 14 nations of of 194 voted against
recognizing Palestinian statehood. Two of those states with the US
and Canada.</b></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Last
year, Canada was projected to be voted onto the all-important UN
Security Council. It was not, and Harper suggested it was because of
Canada's stalwart defense of Israel.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>For
the prime minister, however, it was a small price to pay. “Whether
it is at the United Nations or any other international forum, the
easy thing to do is simply to just get along and go along with this
anti-Israeli rhetoric,” Harper said. “As long as I am prime
minister, whether it is at the UN or the Francophone (French
speaking) or anywhere else, Canada will take a stand whatever the
cost.” (Tabletmag.com; 9Aug2011)</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>We
go back to one of God's great foundational promises: “I will bless
those who bless you and curse him who curses you.”</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>There
is no doubt in my mind that God is blessing and will continue to
bless a nation whose leader serves God and his moral foundation is
based on the Bible. Certainly the favor of God is upon Prime Minister
Harper and the Canadian people. Needless to say, this prime minister
needs the prayers of his citizens.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
Marie and I both have dual citizenship. I am US born - but of
Canadian parentage: my father from Gananoque, Ontario; my mother from
just north of Halifax, Nova Scotia. My education is primarily from
Canada until the age of 25. My parents both have Presbyterian
backgrounds, but in 1927 joined the United Church of Canada, in which
I was brought up.</b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Marie
is French Canadian Roman Catholic in her background, and was born in
Port Alberni, BC. We met in Grade 9 of HS in Port Alberni, and were
married in 1948 in Port Alberni.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">We
are aware of the 3 prophecies given by Dr. David Yonggi Cho for
Canada in 1975 at Kelowna, BC; 1979 at Toronto; and 1984 at Halifax.
In all 3 prophetic words he indicated that God had an elected purpose
for Canada in the last day - all in His Sovereignty as the
Master-Potter.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">If
God could unite a Francophone and an Anglophone for a type of
Canadian unity - then He can easily fulfill all His last days'
purpose through Canada in world-wide missions and evangelism. And it
does seem that He has the right Prime-minister in place for His
purposes in this regard.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Canada's
official national anthem has quite a history. It was originally
commissioned by the Lt. Governor of Quebec for the 1880
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Ceremony; Calixa Lavalee wrote the music as a
setting of a French Canadian patriotic poem composed by poet and
judge Adolphe-Basile Routhier of Montreal. The lyrics were originally
in French and translated into English in 1906. Here is the official
English translation:</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">O
Canada!</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
home and native land!</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">True
patriot love in all thy sons command.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">With
glowing hearts we see thee rise,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">The
True North strong and free!</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">From
far and wide,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">O
Canada, we stand on guard for thee.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">God
keep our land glorious and free!</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">O
Canada, we stand on guard for thee.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">O
Canada, we stand on guard for thee.</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">J.A.
Watt</span></b></font></p>
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