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Category: Cost of Religion
Calgary Police Provide Honour Guard at Prayer Breakfast
Leslie Rosenblood You might recall “Bob,” the Calgary Police Service (CPS) sergeant who has had his complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission officially recognized (see the June and August Critical Links). While we wait for his case to be heard, CFIC learned from Global News that “On Oct. 19, members of the [Calgary Police Service] honour guard escorted…
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Ontario Petition for One Public School System Updates
CFIC has been working with other secular organizations to promote a petition to end the public funding of separate Catholic school boards. We have been able to extend the deadline for submissions. If you can possibly obtain more signatures, please do. We have received some questions about the petition and are happy to provide some…
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Religion: Freedom “Of” or Freedom “From”
By Howard A. Doughty “Pas de liberté pour les ennemis de la liberté.” – Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (1767-1794). If the true test of free speech is the defence of hateful speech (legally abandoned due to the 1985 criminalizing of “hate speech”), what is the standard for freedom of religion? How can people committed…
One School System for Ontario (Petition to End Funding of Catholic Schools)
Petition to end religious favoritism in education