Arnold Heino, a local resident and recent People's Party of Canada candidate, is advocating for December to be declared Christian Heritage Month in Sault Ste. Marie. Heino's efforts are supported by the Christian Music Festival, which highlights the growing number of Canadian municipalities recognizing December as such. While no formal request has been received by the mayor's office, Heino remains determined to see his initiative through.
A Sault Ste. Marie man who was lobbying for December to be proclaimed Christian Heritage Month by city hall says he will continue his effort — while a spokesperson in the mayor's office says so no formal request has come across his desk. Arnold Heino was recently named the People's Party of Canada candidate for Sault Ste. Marie and is behind a local attempt to have Christian Heritage Month recognized. He first sent an email on the subject Nov.
29, hoping for the declaration to be part of one of the city council meetings scheduled for Dec. 2 and 9. 'There's a number of communities across Canada that have recognized December as Christian Heritage Month,' Heino said in an interview on Monday. 'I think my biggest disappointment is that they haven't reached out to me yet.' 'One of the biggest reasons why I think it's important is because the very first sentence in our Charter of Rights is this is a country based on the supremacy of God. You can't hide that.' A group called the Christian Music Festival, which is operated by Jay and Molly Banerjei, is supporting the effort to have December recognized across Canada as Christian Heritage Month. On its website, the group says more than 40 municipalities across Canada have made proclamations, including Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Sudbury and others. The proclamation was hotly debated in council chambers in Toronto last month, but was eventually passed by a vote of 11 to 4. Parkdale—High Park councillor Gord Perks led the opposition to the motion in Toronto. Perks said he was wary of the request, in part, because the motion lacked information on the Christian Heritage Festival organization. Christianity, Perks argued, is already so entrenched in Canadian society that a standalone month isn’t necessary. “Canada as an entity is soaked and steeped in the Christian church. They do not need separate recognition. When we do something like recognize some different group, that is an effort to rebalance,” he sai
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