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Originally Posted by jammies
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.
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In a vague sense, you are correct. Canadians are on the whole, very secular. However, there is no official constitutional separation of church and state. Unlike the United States, we have always had to deal with a great deal of religious/political interference with one another. If the residential schools isn't enough for you (the last one was closed only 30 years ago) what about the brief introduction and recognition of sharia law in Ontario?
Quite simply, secularists such as myself, have no official recourse to prevent the intervention of either church or state in the other.