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Originally Posted by peter12
Yeah... you're wrong. We have no official separation of Church and State in Canada. Remember the residential schools?
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Oh, I must have forgotten about the Anglican tyranny imposed by our forefathers that continues to this day...
There's no denying that there are religious influences in public affairs, but if you think Canada is not a secular state due to their being no official separation of Church and State, you are the one that is wrong. The reason there is no such formal separation is that there is no need for it - religion has never had the influence here for the proscription to be needed. It would make about as much sense as legislating the separation of State and Hockey.
As for the preamble to the Charter of Rights, it mentions a non-denominational "God", nothing more - offensive to atheists like myself, perhaps, but placing no religion above any other.