The Leger survey, conducted on behalf of the Association for Canadian Studies, found that 31 per cent held that view, while the highest level of agreement was concentrated among university students (37 per cent), men (38 per cent) and Canadians between the ages of 18 and 34 (35 per cent). English speakers were more than…
Koven’s statement of claim is demanding damages of $750,000 for wrongful dismissal, $1.5 million for general damages from both the board and Pon, and $1 million for “moral damages for bad faith in the manner of dismissal, demotion, mental distress, aggravated, exemplary and/or punitive damages.”
Mr. Carney declared that Canada is a secular country, uncommitted to any particular religious values: “Our secularism is open. The state takes no side in the matters of belief, and the institutions of public life are not captured by any faith or identity.” It is this secular foundation, he argued, that obliges Canada to tolerate…