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The next award in the 2018 Canadian Atheist Awards is “Story of the year”. This award is for the news or cultural story that captured the most interest or had the most impact among Canadian atheists in 2017.
Today, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould tabled Bill C-51 to amend the Criminal Code, which repeals around two dozen sections of the Code and modifies several others. One of the sections it repeals is §296: the blasphemy law.
Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 4-Mar-2017 to 10-Mar-2017.
Wonderful news coming out of Ottawa this week! Remember the petition against the blasphemy law we were asking everyone to sign? We got a response!
Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 15-Oct-2016 to 21-Oct-2016.