Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in response to the first part of the Member's question, there is nothing to barr the teaching of religion in school. However, it just must be outside the hours of instruction as specified in the act. As for the second part of her question, I doubt that a letter of consent from a parent would be considered grounds to contravene the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada. I am not a lawyer or judge but I would suspect it would be found to be insufficient reason to contravene the Charter. Mr. Chairman, I would hope that we would not find a situation where people who are involved in teaching young students would be in a situation where they would be contravening the laws of the land. One of the things we teach people is to respect the laws of the land and I would hope that we would not get into the situation the Member refers to where we would have a school where they would not be respecting the laws. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Charles Dent on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on May 26th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 25th, 1998
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