Tag: religious

WHEREAS the Government of Ontario is constitutionally mandated to provide
for the education of every child in Ontario; and

WHEREAS the Government of Ontario currently funds the Roman Catholic
Separate School system in keeping with the historic Confederation Agreement
of 1867 in that province; and

WHEREAS independent denominational schools completely comply with Ontario
Secondary School Diploma requirements; and

WHEREAS no comparable governmental funding is provided to Jewish, Islamic,
Sikh or Protestant private schools; and

WHEREAS the Megillat ha-Atzmaut of Israel declares that the State of Israel will guarantee freedom of religion to all of its citizens; and

WHEREAS Jewish history has shown that the Jewish religion and the Jewish people are strengthened by a pluralistic outlook, whereby Jews embrace the spirit of the dictum that differing opinions are the "words of the living God" (TB Eruvin 13b); and

WHEREAS such religious freedom and religious pluralism will strengthen the Jewish identity of Israel's citizens of the State itself.