Lots of grandstanding about this window dressing. Crickets about what I pointed out at #271.
I went back and read it. As long as St Bonifice Hospital does not oppose rights for LGBTQ and women I have no problem with them receiving funding to provide medical services.
I do have a problem with them recieving funds for other reasons.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/st-boniface-hospital-maid-1.4168383
Religious beliefs should not interfere with public delivery of health services. If they want to run a private hospital then they can make decisions based on religion.
But why is Trudeau doing this, and not pulling far greater federal funding from these same organizations when it comes to health and education? You said it. It is easy. At least in the short term.
Because he is doing this for political not moral reasons. I support the policy not the politician. I'll take what I can get.
And there are regulations about what you can and cannot ask job applicants. Aside from the fact that is an entirely different issue than job funding, what are you talking about?
I imagine there is a don't ask don't tell policy. That is purely my opinion. Excuses can be found if it is discovered. Jobs don't have to be publicly advertised. If I could lay a bet I would bet that most student applicants are from the congregation and are clear on the expectations.
Well if the objective is to drive the Catholic Church into the ground why is Trudeau pissing around with chump change like this. Hit them where it really hurts:
The government is not trying to drive the Catholic or any other church into the ground. These are private organizations that have been given financial privileges. It is not up to the government to keep them in business.
Like if they are that evil why should we even let them get away with signing that paper - especially since this is the same as slavery and genocide.
I didn't say they are evil or that this is the same as slavery or genocide. I didn't say they should be shut down. I didn't say they should be forbidden from running summer camps and food banks.
This is about what they consider part of their core mandate. Not even just mandate. Core mandate. Central to their existence.
You know, more than the fact this means lost jobs, and lost services,
Shifted not lost. More students are being hired to provide services not fewer.
what I think is most irresponsible of Trudeau is that this gives free rein to haters,
You can't seriously have said that. Pro-choice women and queers have not been picketing churches or trying to shut them down. No one accuses them of murder. No one follows people from church to beat them up or kill them. Nobody is passing around literature about all the horrible violence and cruelty Christians are responsible for.
I am not saying church or church groups are doing that either but they certainly aren't the targets of haters. That would be the LGBTQ2 community and abortion providers.
Not funding groups whose core mandate opposes LGBTQ2 and women's rights is not promoting hatred. It's fighting it.