Addressing Discrimination Against Atheist Refugee Claimants – E-Petition 3114
Parliamentary petition to include atheist refugee claimants in the Less Complex Claims policy.
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Conversion “Therapy”: Canada Should Ban an Immoral Non-Scientific Practice
LGBT folks should not be subjected to religiously informed conversion therapy.
Supreme Court Holds Catholic Church Responsible for Mount Cashel Abuse
The Catholic Church has failed in its appeal to avoid liability for abuse by priests.
Bill 21 on Trial in Quebec
Leslie Rosenblood On November 2, the Quebec Superior Court began hearing arguments for and against the constitutionality of Bill 21, which (among other things) forbids the wearing of religious symbols for many civil servants in the province. (See here for a brief history of the legal challenge of the bill to date, and here for CFIC’s official stance…
La Grande Noirceur: When Church and State Unite
By Sandra Dunham & Seanna Watson It has been said about the people of France that they are “not religious, and the religion they are not is Catholic.” In Canada, the same description can be applied to the Quebecois of French heritage. As we have seen in recent history, “secularism” in English Canada often has a different…
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