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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Not sure what social studies course you took, but in Alberta public schools SS 03-30 had nothing to do with religion at all at least in the late 90's. The only thing that comes close are when we went through the history of Japan/ww2 and briefly went over how the emperor was considered a living god.
While I dont know alot of the specifics of Canadian law - there should be a separation of church and state. No province should be shoving religion down the throats of students - I dont care in what form or for what purpose.
Forcing them to take this course from grade 1 to 12 - only in QC.
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Maybe I misinterpreted the article incorrectly, but isn't the problem that there was originally a religion class with the focus on Christianity? The new rules are to change that to cover all religions instead. I agree that we shouldn't be forcing students to become religious, however learning about it is an entirely different matter. It'll help students grow up to be more well rounded. Far too many conflicts in this world is brought about through misunderstanding and ignorance. Having a balanced education about how the world works will go a long way to understanding how one fits in this world.