1. Extend warm greetings and congratulations to the Presbyterian Church in Canada on the occasion of their 150^th
   anniversary.
2. Encourage the dioceses of The Anglican Church of Canada to extend similar salutations to the PCC Presbyteries with which their jurisdictions overlap.
3. Give thanks for the ongoing ecumenical relationship between the Presbyterian Church in Canada and The Anglican Church of Canada, including especially the unique witness of Anglican-Presbyterian Ecumenical Shared Ministries which exist across the country.
4. Encourage the Council of General Synod to initiate renewed exploration of the potential for greater ecumenical collaboration and sharing of resources between The Anglican Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church in Canada at local, regional, and national levels.

The Presbyterian Church in Canada was formed in 1875 through the joining of four predecessor Presbyterian church expressions of European origin that had been in Canada for several decades prior. While a portion of Canadian Presbyterians entered the Union that formed the United Church of Canada in 1925, another portion continued as the Presbyterian Church in Canada from that point on. Anglicans and Presbyterians in Canada, as elsewhere, have not always enjoyed peaceful and positive relations. However, with the dawning of the modern ecumenical movement in 1910, and especially with the formation of the World Council of Churches and Canadian Council of Churches in the 1940s, Presbyterians and Anglicans have come to know one another more deeply and to work together more closely in common mission. This has included several arrangements in certain local contexts which have seen some Anglican parishes and Presbyterian congregations able to share together deeply in their mutual ministry – in some cases everything from outreach programs, to buildings, to clergy, to regular gathered worship. As the we anticipate even more opportunities for collaboration in the future, at local, regional, and national levels, the occasion of the 150^th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada represents an important moment to express our gratitude for these our valued ecumenical partners, and to rededicate ourselves to ongoing ecumenical friendship and cooperation in the years ahead.

In the normal course, an ordinary motion must be passed by a majority of the members of General Synod present and voting together.

Six members of General Synod may, prior to the question being put, require a vote by Orders, with a majority of each Order being necessary to pass.

If a question passes on a Vote by Orders, any six members (two from each of three different dioceses) may immediately before the next item of business require a vote to be taken by dioceses. A motion passes if a majority (or a tie) of dioceses vote in favour.

Source: Sections 4 and 5 of the Declaration of Principles and sections 18, 19 and 20 of the Rules of Order and Procedure.