National Licensing Scheme For All Places Of Worship And Private Schools In Canada?

Perhaps in future decades in British Columbia and Canada, Biblical Christians will primarily worship in a home church scenario, or will risk facing legal measures from the State for worshipping in public.

Vancouver Sun February 17

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'Former B.C. premier Ujjal Dosanjh calls for certification of places of worship'

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'OTTAWA - Former British Columbia premier and federal cabinet minister Ujjal Dosanjh wants a national licensing scheme for all places of worship and private schools in Canada, to ensure they don’t undermine Canadian values.

“We want to know what it is that’s being taught,” Dosanjh told the Senate national security committee Monday. “And if we believe that’s not in consonance with the need to build a caring and inclusive society – a fair society – then we can simply make the law that we won’t give them funds (or charitable status). Let’s starve them out.”

He later told reporters that experts would have to determine how such an oversight system would be administered without violating Charter rights.'

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Red flags.

The former premier and cabinet minister wants to know what is being taught and so he reasons the government should seek licensing control over religious organizations.

He reasons the government should decide what is 'fair' in regard to religious thought.

Since when are politicians and bureaucrats qualified as religious scholars, theologians and philosophers of religion?

Whose Canadian values? 

Those of the secular, liberal elite that are in government. 

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I realize there are Biblical Christians that are moderate liberals (I am a moderate conservative) that do not necessarily support much of modern liberal, secular, progressive thought.

It is one thing to 'starve out' radical Islamists, that I acknowledge need to be removed from Western society.

But with this licensing scheme approach, it is also possible that the secular State could also use their coercive and legal powers to 'starve out' all religious movements that do not agree with the present, at the time, 'group think' of the so called progressive thinking liberal, elite that govern Western societies, including Canada.

Biblical Christianity could be targeted.

Groups targeted could include Evangelicals, Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox.

The fact that such a licensing system could violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a red flag that such a scheme should not be considered by government, in order to protect minority freedoms and rights as well as those of the majority. 

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'Dosanjh said Monday he fears Muslim extremism will be ignored by mainstream society, with dire consequences, as Sikh extremism eventually led to the Air India attack. The bombing of the 747 jumbo jet killed 329 people: 268 Canadian citizens, 27 Britons, and 24 Indians.'

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A more intelligent and effective approach for Western governments is as I have stated previously is to deny special religious law as law of the land, such as Sharia (Islamic) Law. This would, in my mind send the message that radical Islam, or any radical form of religion, it is not going to be permitted in a Western nation.

Immigration should also obviously be denied to radical religious and political elements.

At the same time, reasonable freedom of religion and expression should be protected within Western democracy and churches and their institutions should not be licenced by and monitored by government.

This allows a reasonable and good separation between Church/Religion and State.

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