Canada’s New Parliament Should Prioritize Freedom of Conscience Protection, Says Think Tank

Canada’s New Parliament Should Prioritize Freedom of Conscience Protection, Says Think Tank
The Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett, director of the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute and Canada's former religious freedom ambassador, is pictured in Ottawa on May 8, 2018. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Andrew Chen
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When Parliament returns this fall it should take steps to better protect freedom of conscience, a vital component in harmonizing diverse views on various social and medical issues in Canada, a new report says.

Titled “Our Inner Guide: Protecting Freedom of Conscience” and published by public policy think tank Cardus, the report emphasizes the importance of freedom of conscience, noting that it appears in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and many other bills of rights.