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Canada's Office of Religious Freedom is an office of the Canadian government's foreign affairs ministry set up to protect religious freedom internationally.
History
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the Office of Religious Freedom as part of his campaign during the 2011 Canadian election.[1]
On February 18, 2013, announced that Andrew Benett would be the Office's first Ambassador for Canada's Office of Religious Freedom. Bennett worked previously as a Catholic dean and a civil servant.[1]
Criticism
A closed-door meeting about the office was criticized when it was discovered that of the six panellists consulted, four were Christian, one Jewish, and one Baha'i. Harper has denied the Office will have a Christian bias, in response to claims of such a bias in a similar office in the US. Harper stated that Canada "a very different country".[1]
References
Works cited
- CBC News staff (February 19, 2013). "Christian college dean to head religious freedom office". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved February 20, 2013.