For Over Twenty-Five Years Canada Has Officially Recognized and Supported

Essay

For over twenty-five years Canada has officially recognized and supported the rights and freedoms of religious expression.This has raised an important question: Should Canada's legislative process involving such issues as abortion being performed in a publically funded healthcare system,support of gay marriage,the study of evolution in publically funded schools,etc.be influenced by religious doctrines? Describe what is meant by the principle of separation of church and state.How do you envisage this principle operating within Canada's legislative process?