Traduction de «Fondation canadienne pour la protection du patrimoine » (Français → Anglais) :

11. Encourages the Turkish government, following the positive step taken with the adoption of the Law on Foundations, to fulfil its commitments regarding freedom of religion by establishing, in line with the ECHR and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, a legal framework enabling all religious communities to function without undue constraints, in particular as regards their legal status, the training of clergy, the election of the hierarchy, religious education and the construction of places of worship; ...[+++]calls for protection of the religious and cultural heritage; reiterates its call for the immediate re-opening of the Greek Orthodox Halki Seminary and the public use of the ecclesiastical title of the Ecumenical Patriarch; shares the concern expressed by the Council on 24 July 2007 over the ruling of the Turkish Court of Cassation on the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and expects that this decision will not further impede the exercise by the Patriarchate and other non-Muslim religious communities of their rights guaranteed under the ECHR;

9. Notes that religious minorities in Islamic Turkey are in a very precarious situation; notes that the Orthodox and Catholic communities still do not possess legal personality, that churches cannot acquire property and that property which has been seized has still not been returned; observes that religious minorities in Turkey are victims not only of discrimination and all manner of administrative harassment but also of growing violence; considers the judgment of 26 June 2007 by the Turkish Court of Cassation concerning the Patriarch of Constantinople illustrative of Turkey's treatment of its religious minorities; considers it unacceptable that an ...[+++] official candidate for membership of the EU should violate the rights and freedoms of religious minorities and calls on Turkey, without delay, to adopt a law on foundations which puts an end to the existing legal uncertainty and to adopt clear provisions which fully guarantee freedom of religious practice and permit religious minorities, inter alia, to acquire immovable property and train clergy; expects financial aid to Turkey, in future, to be made conditional on protection of the Christian heritage;

Even so, when discussing the protection of our cultural heritage, which focuses primarily on preserving the cultural achievements of the past, what should be borne in mind is that culture is a dynamic and diverse process, so, while cultural policy has to be concerned with the maintenance and conservation of our cultural heritage, it must also take responsibility for the creation of cultural networks for contemporary culture and artistic trends that serve as a basis for the cultural heritage of the future.

Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Heritage Canada Foundation, better known as Heritage Canada and not to be confused with the Department of Canadian Heritage, was created in 1973 by the federal government as a national not-for-profit charitable foundation to promote the preservation of the built heritage of Canada.

The Vice-Chair (Mr. Nick Discepola): Our next guests are from the Canadian Heritage Foundation.

At that time, Mr. Chairman, I promised to send you and your committee colleagues additional material on the Heritage Canada Foundation and have done so.