The Province of Ontario is now involved in an election campaign with one of the major issues being the funding of faith-based schools. As Catholic schools are already funded in the province, other religions are demanding equal treatment for their schools. (Catholic school funding, though, is part of the Canadian constitution.) The debate continues as has become the issue of the campaign.
In an article I wrote for this week's Jewish Tribune in Toronto, I argued that the issue is not solely equality. The fundamental issue, from my perspective, is freedom of relgion and the issue extends beyond this one particular issue to include a major shift in consciousness that is now engulfing the Western World. I invite you to look at the article and to comment on this blog.
The article is available on the Jewish Tribune website at:
http://www.jewishtribune.ca/tribune/PDF/jt010407.pdf
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