Dear Editor:
The recognition of the Supremacy of God in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has blessed Canada so bountifully that the rest of the world flocks to this country.
While many are drawn here because of our alleged cherished values for one another, recent changes to the Canada Summer Jobs attestation – which suggests that “freedom of conscience” is now restored (election year optics? – still fails to acknowledge that every citizen has the right and freedom to discuss their beliefs in the public square, without fear of prosecution).
Add the increasing bias against Christ-professing believers in public policy and we see a glimpse of a bigger picture emerging, wherein a segment of taxpaying citizens are losing their ability to freely converse their faith with neighbours. One only has to review the numerous examples within the judicial/political systems today, to see how ideology and political correctness is now idolized over the Charter.
Sadly too, the reliance on human rights legislation is now leading some civil servants to single out and vilify citizens for their particular world view.
It is in this context that I encourage elected representatives to stand with the Judeo-Christian community in recognizing the Supremacy of God and our Constitution; that all aspects of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms be honoured within the legal framework; and that any proposed or existing federal policy or regulation that blatantly ignores the inherent rights and freedoms of all citizens — each and everyone as equals — be rejected forthwith.
Jan Kaikkonen,
Mount Forest