A motion to remove the requirement to sign an attestation for Canada Summer Jobs approval was voted down Monday, which doesn't sit well with a few pastors.

Winnipeg Evangelical Free Church doesn't use the Canada Summer Jobs program, but they know many who do and are still very concerned about the latest vote.

"It curtails the ability to be able to serve the communities that we are in," Pastor Ron Koleba said about the attestation organizations must continue to sign before receiving Canada Summer Jobs funding.

A motion put forward by the Conservative party, which said that organizations engaging in non-political, non-activist work should be entitled to apply with or without signing the attestation, was defeated Monday by a large majority vote.

Koleba says it's not the government's place to determine what values are most important, which he argues the attestation does.

"It's putting in for us a hierarchy of values," Koleba said. "For the government to determine those values would be an infringement on our rights, on everyone's rights."

Victor Cuarto, the pastor of Filipino United Community Church and recent immigrant to Canada, says we should continue to do good for all in response to this setback.

"We translate this by churches giving more and more financial support to different organizations which are also proclaiming God's message of hope and reconciliation," Cuarto said.

He says the truth behind Galatians 6:9-10 needs to be embraced, where it talks about not giving up and not become weary doing good.

While organizations look for what to do next, Koleba says we need to engage and educate those around us so that we change the collective mindset, not just individual cases.

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