David Carment (Religious Freedom? This office is about ethnic votes, Feb. 21) has theorized in the Globe and Mail that the federal government’s interest in the establishment of the Office of Religious Freedom is being driven by an agenda of political gain here at home.I’m not so sure. It seems many in the short-memory media have forgotten Canada’s important contributions to freedom.Perhaps no contribution is more significant than the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).It was ratified by a 48-0 vote at the UN General Assembly in 1948.That document, which very clearly identifies the bases of religious freedom, was drafted … Continue reading This Office is about much more than ethnic votes
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This Office is about much more than ethnic votes
David Carment (Religious Freedom? This office is about ethnic votes, Feb. 21) has theorized in the Globe and Mail that the federal government’s interest in the establishment of the Office of Religious Freedom is being driven by an agenda of political gain here at home.I’m not so sure. It seems many in the short-memory media have forgotten Canada’s important contributions to freedom.Perhaps no contribution is more significant than the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).It was ratified by a 48-0 vote at the UN General Assembly in 1948.That document, which very clearly identifies the bases of religious freedom, was drafted … Continue reading This Office is about much more than ethnic votes