Take, for example, the federal government’s inability to satisfy the concerns of religious charities over the government’s attestation requirement to receive funding for the Canada Summer Jobs program. Immediately, the religious community reacted against the requirement, identifying it as compelled speech that violated their religious freedom under section 2 of the Charter. Tolkien termed “true myths.”Nothing is worth more than religious conscienceOver 60 per cent of religious groups in Canada have a Judeo-Christian heritage. In the narrative of sacrificial obedience and divine deliverance, nothing is worth more than religious conscience. Failure to understand this heritage is like skipping the first half of a book: the government cannot grasp the entire story.

Source: National Post March 22, 2018 17:15 UTC