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'{{Infobox Canadian government departments |department = Canada's Office of Religous Freedom |french = Bureau de la liberté de religion du Canada |logo = |current_minister = |second_minister = |established = February 18, 2013 |responsibilities = |employees = 5 |website = http://www.international.gc.ca/religious_freedom-liberte_de_religion/index.aspx }} '''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 [[Canadian federal election, 2011|2011 Canadian election]].{{sfn|CBC News staff|2013-02-19}} On February 18, 2013, announced that [[Andrew Bennett (academic)|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.{{sfn|CBC News staff|2013-02-19}} ==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".{{sfn|CBC News staff|2013-02-19}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Works cited== {{Refbegin}} *{{cite web |ref = {{SfnRef|CBC News staff|2013-02-19}} |author = CBC News staff |title = Christian college dean to head religious freedom office |date = 2013-02-19 |url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/02/19/pol-ambassdor-office-religious-freedom-announced.html |publisher = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |accessdate = 2013-02-20}} {{Refend}} {{use mdy dates|date=February 2013}} [[Category:Government of Canada]] [[Category:Religion in Canada]] [[Category:2013 establishments]] [[zh:加拿大聯邦宗教自由辦公室]]'