I've got to agree with Joe. Many, but not all, of the Canadians I know strongly support the separation of church and state. We are often not vocal about it because the issue seldom comes up. With respect to religious schools, our country was predicated on equality of French and English, Catholic and Protestant. Many people I know do not have an issue with government funded Catholic and Public/Protestant schools, it is just the way it has always been. There are a number of educators who feel that the elimination of separate Catholic schools would provide some cost savings. Not through the non-education of Catholic children but through the elimination of redundant organizational functions such as transportation, human resources, and other administrative duplication.
Doug Turner, Yes, I voted today. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Street" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:54 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Bin Laden citing US polls about withdrawing from Iraq > Hear! Hear! Well I had to take exception to what was written about most > Canadians being unconcerned about the division (or lack of) church and > state. While I cannot speak for all Canadians I can certainly say I've > heard many negative comments every time the subject comes up and the > discussion is about statements made by US politicians making statements > of religious nature. Most people I know would be appalled to hear our > prime minister invoking the blessings of god and I'm sure the newspapers > would be full of it and asking which of our multicultural, multi > denominational groups' god he was imploring to bless the nation. ROFLMAO > I think sometimes people read Canadians wrong because we tend to be a > pretty laid back bunch. > > I'm with you on that one Mike, nothing worse could happen than letting a > bunch of religious zealots who feel they hold the moral high ground > decide what's 'best' for us. Shudder. > > Well it looks like the republicans (northern branch -PC party that is) > are hoping for a landslide victory tonight. Shudder (again) almost as > bad....... > > Joe _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
