Tag: canada

Angus-Reid Poll: Belief in God and an Afterlife

Data from the poll Angus-Reid: Is there life after death? Majority of Canadians believe they may have more than one life to live. See also the data tables.

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Blog 142: The Gross Incompetence of the Canadian Human Rights Commission

David Rand 2023-11-30 On the website of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), there is a page entitled “Discussion Paper on Religious Intolerance,” dated October 23, 2023 and indicating that it is “Anti-racism work.” Given that its topic is religious

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2023-10-13: AAI Hot Seat, Arif Hussain Theruvath Interviews David Rand

The following video, recorded 13th October 2023, is an interview of David Rand, president of LPA-AFT and author of Stillbirth, by Arif Hussain Theruvath as part of the AAI Hot Seat series for Atheist Alliance International. Here are the 18

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2023-04-29: Atheist Society of Melbourne, Talk by David Rand

Atheist Society of Melbourne, AustraliaTalk by David Rand “Stillbirth, The Failure of Secularism in the English-Speaking World” Publication Date: 2023-05-05 The following video is an on-line talk, given for the Atheist Society of Melbourne, on 29th April 2023. This talk

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In the News:
Secular Ontario Supports Bill 21

We have learned from the secretary of Secular Ontario that the Board of that organization has adopted a resolution in support of Quebec Bill 21. “Be it resolved that Secular Ontario supports the secular (laicite) legislation of the Quebec National

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2023-04-01: Warsaw, Atheist Days, Talk by David Rand

Comparison of English and French Models of Secularism and the Importance of Universalism David Rand Publication Date: 2023-04-15 The following presentation was given by the author at Atheist Days 2023 in Warsaw, Poland, an event organized by the Kazimierz Łyszczyński

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Talk at Book Launch of Stillbirth

David Rand Publication Date: 2023-01-23 The following is the talk given by David Rand, author of the book Stillbirth, The Failure of Secularism in the English-Speaking World at the launch event held at Le Port de tête bookstore, in Montreal,

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2022-11-19: A Conversation with Yasmine Mohammed

Publication Date: 2022-11-23 Welcome to an Atheist Freethinkers video. We are very pleased to welcome a major figure in the freethought, secularism and ex-Muslim movements, an author and human rights activist who has done so much to dispel the cloud

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“Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam”

Yasmine Mohammed, Free Hearts Free Minds, 2019-09-25 See also: 2022-10-20: Launch of French Version of Unveiled by Yasmine Mohammed “Since September 11th, 2001, the Western world has been preoccupied with Islam and its role in terrorism. Yet public debate about

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Statistics Canada: Hate Crimes Motivated by Religion, 2018, 2019, 2020

We note that, according to these police-reported data, there was a decline in hate crimes motivated by religion in Canada between 2018 and 2020, especially in Quebec and Alberta. With regard to Quebec, recall that Bill 21 was adopted on

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Dialogue between columnist Pit Coin of the Ontario Grope & Nail and the famous Konrad White

Pierre Marchand 2022-07-17 P: How dare those frogs stand up to us? We’re nearing our goal by making them more and more a minority in Canada. In the past, we added provinces and territories and encouraged immigration of English people

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RPL Press Release, 2022-05-11

Press Release, Rassemblement pour la laïcité (Alliance for Secularism) Motion before the House of Commons Canadian Parliamentarians Stuck in Premodern Times 2022-05-11 Montreal, Wednesday 11th May 2022 : The Rassemblement pour la laïcité (RPL) is concerned by the overwhelming rejection of

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PRESS RELEASE, 2022-05-02

For immediate release AFT opposes the “Action Plan on Combatting Hate” Proposed by the Trudeau Government Montreal, 2nd May 2022 — Atheist Freethinkers (LPA-AFT), an association which promotes secularism and supports the rights of atheists, expresses its opposition to the “National

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Blog 138: Three Inconvenient Facts about Secularism

David Rand 2022-04-14 There are three important facts which need to be faced if we are to make serious progress towards secularism. The U.S. Constitution is not a good model of secularism. Islamists weaponize the “antiracism” movement in order to

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Blog 136: Multiculturalism and Colonialism

Pierre Marchand 2022-01-27 Canadian multiculturalism is pure colonialism. The descendants of British colonists and American loyalists who took refuge here are the masters of the country, regardless of which political party is in power. Nowhere is this colonialism more patent

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Blog 133: Is Quebec Bill 21 Discriminatory?

David Rand 2021-12-28 If you check the text of Quebec’s Bill 21 (officially named An Act respecting the laicity of the State, where “laicity” is a bad translation and should be “secularism”), you will see that the religious symbol ban

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Blog 125: The Inappropriate Modesty of Quebec Secularists

David Rand 2021-11-02 In the fall of 2016, the Liberal Party of Quebec government held parliamentary hearings in Quebec City to study Draft Bill 62 (Session 41) which ostensibly affirmed State religious neutrality but was extremely weak—although too much for

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Atheist coalition challenges Canadian government on Special Refugee Program

2021-10-04 The tenuous and dangerous living circumstances in Afghanistan following the nation’s fall to the Taliban are dire for many of its citizens, especially atheists and other apostates. Humanist, atheist, and agnostic organizations in Canada represent a diverse group of

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RPL Press Release, 2021-10-06

Press Release Against Vaccination Exemptions for Religious Reasons in the Federal Public Service 2021-10-06 The Alliance for Secularism (Rassemblement pour la laïcité or RPL) is compelled to respond to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s October 6, 2021 declaration that federal public

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In the News:
Canadians of Muslim Culture Denounce the Provocative Recommendations of the NCCM

Opinion: Islamophobia or nourishing the breeding ground of political Islam?, Nadia El-Mabrouk, Tarek Fatah and Yasmine Mohammed, CTV News, 2021-07-26. Given the importance of this article, we reproduce it here in its entirety. MONTREAL — In preparation for the National

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In the News:
Tarek Fatah Denounces Islamist Infiltration in Canada

FATAH: Who will listen to the cries of ordinary Muslims?, Tarek Fatah, Toronto Sun, 2021-07-14. I recently had an informal meeting with 30 other Muslims to chat about their growing concerns over the growing infiltration of Islamist extremism in this

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Indigenous Residential Schools in Canada

David Rand 2021-07-12 This article was originally written for our Polish friends of the Kazimierz Lyszczynski Foundation, so some details of Canadian history and geography are explained. Recently, in May and June of 2021, the discovery of unmarked graves, on

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Blog 124: English Canada’s Unhealthy Obsession with Islam Gets Worse

David Rand 2021-07-01 Since a deadly vehicle attack on a family in London, Ontario on June 6, 2021, media and politicians in English Canada have deepened their unhealthy obsession with Islam. The Trudeau government has even proposed new legislation to

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In the News:
Petition to End Discrimination Against Atheist Refugees

Petition e-3114 (Citizenship and immigration), Parliament of Canada, 2021-01-25. Several organizations—CFI Canada, Humanist Canada and Secular Connexion Séculière—have initiated a parliamentary petition asking that atheist refugees, not just religious, be eligible for refugee status under the “Less Complex Claims” policy.

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Blog 118: Now Confirmed: No Secular Movement in Canada Outside Quebec

David Rand 2020-04-16 Our Question Late last year (December 2019) we at AFT sent out a letter to a list of some 35 or 40 organizations in Canada outside Quebec (often referred to as RoC = Rest of Canada) asking

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