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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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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…
Petition to end religious favoritism in education
Revealing the preponderance of Christianity in the Calgary Police Service.
People who live in secular societies are safer, healthier, and happier than those living in religious states. Secular nations fare better on virtually every socio-economic measure: maternal health, morbidity, mortality, addiction, mental illness, and more. Secular societies are more peaceful and have lower crime rates. In short, secular societies are better societies. Leslie Rosenblood, Secular Chair, CFIC
