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Originally Posted by Makarov
Good grief. In no way whatsoever does that piece of Manitoba legislation grant the United Church status as the "state religion" of Canada (nor could it possibly do so, for so many reasons that I won't bother to list them here, even if it purported to do so.) Here is brief description by the Supreme Court of Canada in its decision, John Doe v. Bennett, 2004 SCC 17, of the legal effect of this sort of legislation:
Perhaps its best that you leave interpretations of the US Constitution, the Canadian Constitution, and the legislation enacted pursuant to those founding documents, to lawyers and "activist judges."
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But we haven't even discussed the Quebec act:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Act
The point I've been making is that Canada has not remained separate from its religious institutions. Yes I misspoke saying we had a State church but, we do have christian denominations that were established by Parliament and others like the Catholic church who were given a province's school system.