Religious Freedom

We suggest:

• Religious freedom is foundational to a vibrant pluralism and functioning democracy.
• Canadians have constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of conscience and religion, of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, and of association.
• Canadians should exercise these freedoms in their private lives and in the public square, without fear and “subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society” (Charter).
• The Crown, legislatures, media, professional associations, and other institutions should recognize, affirm, and respect these freedoms.