January 16 - 31, 2018
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
Trudeau Government Getting Flack
for CanadianSummer Job Issue
The Canada Summer Jobs
program operates by allowing
Members of Parliament to allocate
funding to groups in their ridings that
submit applications asking for funds
to hire students. This can include jobs
at summer camps, and other various
advocacy and community groups.
On December 15, the
government was changed the rules.
Under the new rules, organizations
must check off a box in their online
application that states that both their
core mandate and the job they want to
use federal funds to fill, both respect
the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms as well as other rights and
associated case law, which include
“reproductive rights, and the right to
be free from discrimination on the
basis of sex, religion, race, national
or ethnic origin, colour, mental or
physical disability, sexual orientation,
or gender identity or expression.” This
means that some faith groups and
anti-abortion groups would require
them to betray their beliefs.
A number of faith groups and
anti-abortion groups have cried foul
over the new ruling since requiring
them to agree to the attestation is
not only a violation of their core
beliefs but also a violation of their
constitutional rights to freedom of
religion and freedom of expression.
The Canadian Conference of
Catholic Bishops stated in a letter
dated January 11 that the new rules
are detrimental to young people
in many ways. “In addition to the
obvious and regrettable infringement
of freedom of conscience and religion
in such matters as are raised by the
new policy, there will be unfortunate
consequences on the ground:
summer camps will be forced to close;
the services of numerous non-profit
organizations will be reduced; valuable
opportunities for apprenticeship will
be lost. These effects, to name but a
few, will be felt in Catholic dioceses and
organizations as well as in many other
faith communities across Canada.
The CCCB also said that the
new ruling will affect faith communities
in Canadian democracy because it
will “limit their participation in the
public square.”
Even Newfoundland MP
Scott Simms says he is petitioning
his own government to reverse the
new policy. The Liberal MP said its
unfair that churches and Christian
groups are being asked to violate
their fundamental beliefs in order to
receive funding for jobs and programs
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