Canadian Heritage committee  It's amazing what StatsCan can do—

Canadian Heritage committee  —and what StatsCan has that isn't made public, unless you ask for it and unless you can understand the tables. They are collecting data on this type of activity already through different kinds of polling, as are a number of NGOs. Certainly, in the Jewish community, there's pollin

Canadian Heritage committee  As I mentioned in regard to religious discrimination, I think it is critical that the recommendations from this committee, as Mr. Roach has said, look beyond the next election, or even the election after that. The communication that we've heard from Gord Downie, who was listening

Canadian Heritage committee  The Whatcott case is actually in footnote number 30.

Canadian Heritage committee  The global arena engages both what I refer to as religious literacy—understanding the religion of leaders in another country—and political theology, in that a number of countries are majority communities of one religion; Myanmar is majority Buddhist, and Iran is majority Muslim.

Canadian Heritage committee  A dedicated office rather than an office that has multiple responsibilities would serve better, because the current office has responsibilities that overlap and are at times in contradiction with one another. I would go a step further and suggest that in addition to an office of

Canadian Heritage committee  The book is Under Siege: Religious Freedom and the Church in Canada at 150 (1867-2017), and I know several members of Parliament have copies—somewhere in the neighbourhood of four to six dozen. I have some with me. They're for sale because everybody else already bought theirs. I'

Canadian Heritage committee  I certainly can.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the Ontario plan and the paper prepared by the Ontario Human Rights Commission in regard to the discrimination, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada's 2013 decision in the Whatcott case, would all be very helpful in informing your thoughts.

Canadian Heritage committee  The expression deals with the use of the term “Islamophobia”. It's defined differently by different groups and by different individuals. Usually when it's presented, the definition in the mind of the presenter may not align with the definition in the mind of the recipient. It's b

Canadian Heritage committee  Over the last half a century plus, the Supreme Court of Canada has given a definition to clergy that is broad and expansive. It includes imams, rabbis, and people in religious traditions that do not have titles for their leadership, such as the Brethren. It started actually with

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for the opportunity to participate today. My comments will follow my written submission, which I understand was circulated last week. Anti-religious discrimination in Canada has not been confined to any one religious community, and such incidents cannot b