Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms was Always Meant to be Revolutionary

Many Christians are puzzled by the decline of religious freedom in our country. Time after time, in conflicts involving homosexuals or abortion rights activists, Christians seem to lose. For example, we’ve seen people who voice opposition to special status for gays being harassed by “human rights” commissions. And recently we’ve also seen university pro-life groups being prohibited or severely restricted. Why aren’t Christians’ religious freedom or freedom of expression protected in these cases?

After all, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees both of these freedoms — religion and free expression. So when Christians lose out, it’s because our Charter freedoms are being ignored, right?

Well, maybe not. What if the Charter was adopted as part of a strategy to fundamentally change Canada? What if the framers of the Charter saw the historically Christian basis of Canada as an obstacle to be removed? If this were the case, then favoritism towards the opponents of Christian views would be a natural consequence.