Note: MPs voted November 8 to save the section, though with updated language so it more clearly captures all forms of religious and spiritual services. Leaders of several religious groups appeared before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in…
Did you know that Canada’s Criminal Code (Section 176) prohibits obstructing a “clergyman or minister” from “celebrating divine service or performing any other function in connection with his calling” or disturbing “an assemblage of persons met for religious worship?” That prohibition might…