Thank you, Chair.
Mr. Oliver, I want to continue with the subject that Mr. Ehsassi brought up from the previous round of witnesses we had, concerning section 15, the equality rights of the charter.
I was making the point to the witnesses that for people who aren't religious but may belong to an identifiable group, if they are going to a meeting and the person who is the leader of that meeting is obstructed from attending, are they not suffering the same amount of harm, and are they being excluded, because section 176 for the most part makes specific reference only to religion, but not to other groups?
Their reply to me was that it's saved by subsection 176(2). It says, “Every one who wilfully disturbs or interrupts an assemblage of persons met for religious worship or for a moral, social or benevolent purpose is guilty of an offence...”.
In your opinion, is this entire section saved by subsection 176(2), given that it does make an effort to cover other groups?