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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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Separation of church and state is a good idea for sure. Something like this course should not (and does not) force religious belief on anybody. This is simply some basic information about religions in general and religious history. If you think that schools should not be shoving history down students throats then that's an entirely different fight than this one.
History and politics have been and currently are shaped greatly by religions; to think otherwise is foolish. If you want proof, look no further than this court challenge.