{"id":28604,"date":"2019-10-28T06:51:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=28604"},"modified":"2021-10-04T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:29:06","slug":"a-diverse-society-reflections-on-a-tumultuous-2019-federal-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2019\/10\/28\/a-diverse-society-reflections-on-a-tumultuous-2019-federal-election\/","title":{"rendered":"A Diverse Society? Reflections on a Tumultuous 2019 Federal Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2691-e1572207513191-683x1024.jpg?resize=625%2C937&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2691-e1572207513191.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2691-e1572207513191.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2691-e1572207513191.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2691-e1572207513191.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2691-e1572207513191.jpg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption>View of the Peace Tower, Parliament Hill, Ottawa\nPhoto:  Barry W. Bussey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2019 Federal Election has given Canada its first\nminority government since 2008. After winning only 157 seats in the House of\nCommons, the governing Liberals under Prime Minister Trudeau must now work closely\nwith the opposition parties to remain in power. From my observation, the\nclosest ideologically-aligned opposition party to the new government is the New\nDemocratic Party (NDP) led by Mr. Jagmeet Singh. The 24 NDP seats are enough to\nkeep the government in power for as long as Mr. Singh and Mr. Trudeau can agree\nwithin the five-year constitutional mandate. Mr. Trudeau has also made it clear\nthat he will not be entering into a formal coalition government with any other\nparty but will work with the opposition on a case-by-case basis. One can\nunderstand the wisdom of that approach as the different opposition parties have\ndifferent interests. For example, Conservatives would be interested in seeing\npipelines built but not so much the NDP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new political reality has implications for the\nChristian charitable sector that maintains conservative moral views and\npractices. In 2018 we saw the government impose a \u201cvalues test\u201d on charities\nand small businesses that applied for funding to hire students in the summer. The\n2018 Summer Jobs controversy<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>\nlit up the country\u2019s editorial rooms in response to the audacious requirement\nthat churches and religious charities were required to agree to government\nideology on abortion and \u201cCharter values.\u201d Some 1500 religious charities were\ndenied funding because they could not agree with the government. The NDP and\nthe Bloc Quebecois supported the government. In fact, when Hamilton MP David\nChristopherson broke ranks with the NDP, he was punished by being removed as\nthe vice-chair of the parliamentary procedure and House affairs committee. \u201cYou\nhave the right to say anything you want about a law,\u201d said Christopherson, \u201cand\nthat attestation took that right away. I cannot condone that.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>\nAfter the NDP caucus supported Christopherson, Mr. Singh reinstated him.<a href=\"#_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That experience raises the legitimate worry that religious\ncharities with traditional views on fundamental human life issues (like\nabortion, marriage and Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD) could face\nincreasing pressure to comply with the new government\u2019s \u201cprogressive\u201d social\nideology in order to participate in its programs. Such marginalization of these\ngroups is a denial of the Canadian promise of diversity and inclusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The need for a national discussion on matters of conscience\ncould not be more clear as a result of the 2019 federal election. We saw\npolitical attacks against those who were motivated by a religious conscience. Andrew\nScheer, leader of the Conservative Party, was pilloried with questions from the\nmedia and others over his beliefs on marriage. Meanwhile, Elizabeth May, leader\nof the Green Party, felt it necessary to backtrack and say she was \u201csorry\u201d\nafter admitting in an interview with CBC reporter Vassy Kapelos that her\n\u201cpersonal hero\u201d was Jesus Christ.<a href=\"#_ftn4\">[4]<\/a>\nWhen asked why she apologized, May replied, \u201cBecause politicians in Canada\nshould not put their religion on their sleeve. And I gave you my quick, honest\nanswer. I didn\u2019t self-edit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-edit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That seems to be what is expected of religious people in\nCanada these days. Not only in politics but in daily life, including carrying\nout the work of religious charities, there is an underlying societal expectation\nto \u201cself-edit\u201d. Of course, to a degree, we have always had to \u201cself-edit\u201d. It\nis a part of maturity as a person: we no longer talk as a child. We are mindful\nto show \u201cgood manners\u201d and not, as far as possible, offend another. However,\nwhat May\u2019s and Sheer\u2019s experiences suggest that we are in a societal milieu\nthat is demanding that we must all think the same \u201cprogressive\u201d thoughts on social\npolicy. Failure to think the same as those in power ultimately leads to a\ndenial of privilege \u2013 as was the case with the Canada Summer Jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this form of self-editing is self-destructive. It denies basic integrity. One cannot be true to one\u2019s identity when denying one\u2019s religious self. It is indeed an odd thing to consider that while religious people are frequently told to keep their religious opinions to themselves, they are also hounded in public life to give their opinion on matters such as abortion or marriage. The goal of forcing a public revelation of personal religious views and practices seems to be to systematically deconstruct those views to show the person, or group, as being intolerant and unworthy to serve in public office or to operate in the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At CCCC\u2019s we will continue to monitor government activity that seeks to force religious charities to be inauthentic. Such pressure limits the ability of charities to do the work they are tasked to do in making Canada a better country. As the Supreme Court of Canada said only 18 years ago, \u201cThe diversity of Canadian society is partly reflected in the multiple religious organizations that mark the societal landscape and this diversity of views should be respected.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> As the 2019 election fervour subsides, we need to remember that a diverse society includes those who are religious and contribute to our well-being. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Barry\nW. Bussey, \u201cThe Canada Summer Jobs Debate and the Democratic Decline\u201d (June 9,\n2019) 91 S.C.L.R. (2d). Available at SSRN: https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=3401591 or\nhttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.3401591<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>\nBrian Platt, \u201cPro-choice NDP MP breaks ranks on Summer Jobs vote, slams\ngovernment for removing right to dissent,\u201d National Post, March 20, 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/pro-choice-ndp-mp-breaks-ranks-on-summer-jobs-vote-slams-government-for-removing-right-to-dissent\">https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/pro-choice-ndp-mp-breaks-ranks-on-summer-jobs-vote-slams-government-for-removing-right-to-dissent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a>\nMaura Forrest, \u201cNDP\u2019s Singh backs down on punishing veteran MP who supported\nTories\u2019 Canada Summer Jobs motion,\u201d National Post, March 27, 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/ndps-singh-backs-down-on-punishing-veteran-mp-who-supported-tories-canada-summer-jobs-motion\">https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/ndps-singh-backs-down-on-punishing-veteran-mp-who-supported-tories-canada-summer-jobs-motion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a>\nEmily Haws &amp; Vassy Kapelos, \u201c\u2018I have to save the whole world\u2019: Elizabeth\nMay talks climate change, politics and personal heroes,\u201d CBC, September 9,\n2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/powerandpolitics\/power-lunch-green-elizabeth-may-1.5277007\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> <em>Trinity\nWestern University v. British Columbia College of Teachers<\/em>, [2001] 1 SCR\n772, 2001 SCC 31 (CanLII), para 33, &lt;http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/dmd#par33&gt;,\nretrieved on 2019-10-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Federal Election has given Canada its first minority government since 2008. After winning only 157 seats in the House of Commons, the governing Liberals under Prime Minister Trudeau must now work closely with the opposition parties to remain in power. 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