WT Publications to be published in Canada--New Press

by blondie 19 Replies latest jw friends

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    P.S. Canada has a long history of religious tolerance. We have Mennonite, Hutterite and Doukhobor colonies. A historical human rights ruling in this country was won by the Watchtower Society to preach door to door. There are several wackadoo cults in Quebec, who briefly enjoyed sensational media coverage...until the media caught on that they were being used. We have sad history of cult deaths, too, such as the cult of the Solar Temple. We even had policital participation in 1993 by the Natural Law Party, intent on bringing peace to the world through yogic flying. They did not win any seats.

    You predict a huge inrush of cults to this country? No need. The tolerance has always been here. That's why I sometimes call Canada, California-North. Without the tan. There does seem to be an upper limit, however, on how many people actually join.

    On the other hand, Canadians also tolerate a higher degree of government interference than in the US. Charities who want to enjoy tax free status must register. This register is available online and you can:

  • determine whether a charity is registered under the Income Tax Act and therefore eligible to issue official donation receipts for income tax purposes;
  • learn more about a charity's financial information (assets, liabilities, income, and expenditures) before making a donation;
  • find out more about the activities of a registered charity; and
  • find out how to contact a charity.
  • I've already discovered that individual Kingdom Halls are searchable under "Jehovah" and the head office searchable under "Watch Tower" (two words).

  • ziddina
    ziddina

    Jgnat, thanks for that info... Interesting that Canada hasn't quite had the death-toll from cults that the U.S.A. has had...???

    Yet more interesting differences between the U.S. and Canada... Zid

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    I tried looking up information on cult deaths by country, but thankfully it looks like it doesn't happen that often. Here's a wiki page about it.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_suicide

    I did find a source that indicated that suicide rates overall, for the US, were about 1.4% of deaths (2006). In 2003 (the closest comparator I could find) Canada had a suicide rate of 1.6%. http://www.suicideinfo.ca/

    When comparing countries, it's fairer to look at percentages. By population, Canada ranks 36 of all countries in the world; The US comes in third. Canada is about 1/10 the size of the US by population. But when we look at size by land area (*ahem* pay attention men) Canada comes in second, and the US and China are neck and neck in third place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_outlying_territories_by_total_area

  • stillajwexelder
    stillajwexelder

    FREE HEALTHCARE - FREE HEALTHCARE

  • thetrueone
    thetrueone

    There is no free health care in Ontario, the Provence where the Canadian branch is located.

    Its available to everyone though at a cost of about $54.00 per/person.

  • Nosferatu
    Nosferatu

    Ah, Ontario, home of Canada's pulp & paper industry. Sounds like a win-win for the WTS to move printing there. Get themselves some nice WT trucks to haul the stuff, and costs go way, way down. Maybe they'll make the calendars bigger now!

  • Mary
    Mary

    I'm with the rest of my fellow Canucks on this: They've moved it to Canada because they won't have to pay astronomical health insurance premiums for all of the Bethelites up here. While Canadians pay more in taxes, this won't apply to Crooklyn as they're registered as a 'religion' or 'charity'.

    Barf.

    (I guess we'll have to think of a new name for The Borg now, since it won't be located in Brooklyn Crooklyn anymore.......hmmm.....)

  • shamus100
    shamus100

    Canuckey land... um, no...

    Watchcanuck... no...

    Watchon....

    Someone help me out here.

    Nosferatsu, what's up, you actually want one?

  • jgnat
    jgnat

    I'll betcha that the $54/month health care premium (heavily subsidized by taxes I might add) would likely be waived for persons of low income. Which Bethelites, we will assume, will be. Yup, health care would definitely be cheaper in Canada.

    Here in Alberta, persons of low income don't have to pay even the health care premium.

  • Doubtfully Yours
    Doubtfully Yours

    The WTBS will get it's work done where there is the least expense and perhaps even less 'red tape' to doing things. I'm sure socialized medicine also played some part in it. All things are taken into account, and the most convenient way is the way the WTBS will go. They sure do their homework before taking such a big decision as this one is.

    DY

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