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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
It is trivial - how is a human right being violated? And the national anthem is played at official state functions - is that violating human rights?
I'd argue it isn't and neither is what happened in Saskatoon. Although I guess when you are settling down to a nice dinner in Saskatoon, the last thing you expect is...
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Does the national anthem actively promote religion? A Christian blessing is clearly a much more direct promotion of a specific religious belief, couple that with it being delivered by a government official acting in their official capacity and it's quite likely a Charter violation.
Most of you seem to be getting yourselves caught up in the framing of this as a "human rights violation" without taking into account that the terminology applies to a massive range of things simply due to the complaint process in Canada. Nobody is equating it to genocide or torture, it just so happens to fall under that title in the Canadian system. You need to look past the label and actually look at the substance.