Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 4-Feb-2017 to 10-Feb-2017.
Tag Archives: census
Why the government isn’t doing polls anymore
I stumbled across this fascinating, short video by Shachi Kurl, talking about the government and polling.
Dark side down under
Stats very serious, a true Jedi knows. The Atheist Foundation of Australia is asking people not to list Jedi as their religion in the country’s upcoming census. I’m sure there are good reasons… But maybe the fact people don’t take religion seriously is a good thing too?
CBC News discusses atheism, badly as usual
Whenever CBC tackles atheism on its news network, they bungle it hideously. Several times they’ve had panels discussing atheism without a single atheist present, and no one speaking for an atheist position – you can imagine how they’ve turned out. Well on The National on Sunday night, Wendy Mesley – … Continue reading
9 Year Old Girl Replaces “God” with “Please” in O Canada & Festival Pulls Plug on Her Performance
On July 1st, I wrote a quick note about how PM Harper asked God to keep our true north strong and free in a Canada Day tweet. I find the PM’s repeated invocations of a deity that at least 25% of Canadians do not recognize divisive in a country that recognizes multi-culturalism … Continue reading