Justice committee  Thank you. First of all, I think it's important to recognize that section 2(a) of the charter protects religious freedom, and I would wonder how Parliament would be protecting the freedom to worship without this section there. Second, it may be that the general public isn't a

Justice committee  Certainly, and it really is just changing the term “clergyman” or “minister” to “religious official”, which is the terminology the Supreme Court of Canada has used in these situations. I think “religious” is a little more inclusive than “divine service”. We could also change “him

Justice committee  First of all, thank you very much to the committee for inviting me. I think this is a very important topic, and I'm very pleased to participate. I'm a university professor with a research specialization in religious freedom. I have to admit that when I first saw clause 14 of Bil