Secularism Matters

CFIC fights for secularism in Canada and around the world. Supporting  CFIC  supports better quality of life at home and internationally.

In Canada, Advancement of Religion is a charitable purpose. This policy blatantly favours religious institutions over their secular counterparts, while also costing Canadian taxpayers $5.5 billion every year. CFIC advocates for it to be repealed.

Three Canadian provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario) fund Catholic school boards. These boards discriminate against non-Catholics in employment and enrollment and overtly reject Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms by discriminating against the LGBTQ+ population. The UN calls this a human rights disgrace. 

Recently, CFIC let you know that Ontario’s Bill – 98 includes a provision by which the provincial government can force Catholic and Public schools to work together to share facilities. This amounts to a tacit acknowledgment that having two school boards wastes public funds. We urge you to write to Minister of Education Stephen Lecce to tell him that Bill – 98 does not go far enough!

The long-form census question on religion (asked every ten years) is worded to under-report the number of non-religious individuals in this country. This matters! Businesses and elected officials use census data to determine who to market to. Governments delay responding to the increase in non-religious constituents because they use flawed data to conclude non-believers to be a trivial minority. CFIC is working with Statistics Canada to find a way to more accurately report the number of non-religious people in Canada.

CFIC needs your help to continue our fight for secularism. Your support of CFIC supports improved health and wellbeing, reduced discrimination, and better social and economic outcomes. Your support for CFIC supports all Canadians.

Secularism matters. Support CFIC to defend the rights of the non-religious in Canada.