Sommaire de 12 mois d'activités de lobbying - Lobbyistes salariés d'organisations

Détails sur l'objet

Politique ou Programme

• International Relations: the position of the Canadian government regarding persecution of atheists and apostates in numerous countries

Politique ou Programme, Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution, Règlement

• Taxation and Finance regarding regulations enforced by the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency in respect of requirements for and benefits of charitable status particularly in those areas where said regulations and interpretations of said regulations favour religious charities over humanist charities

Politique ou Programme, Règlement

• International trade with regard to awareness of human rights violations under UN human rights guidelines and Canadian human rights standards in establishing and maintaining trade with countries that are known violators of UN and Canadian human rights standards particularly in regards to atheists and apostates.

Politique ou Programme, Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier

• International Development with regard to care for human rights of atheists and apostates in countries that receive aid or development resources from Canada

Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution

• Amend the National Anthems Act to replace words that exclude atheists and immigrants from singing O Canada.
• Constitutional issues: Section 93 of The Constitution Act of 1867 regarding minority school systems in Canadian provinces and territories, the theist wording of the National Anthems Act as it denies the right to freedom from religion (SCC Big M Drugs v. The Crown, 1984), Sections 296 and 319(3)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada
• Criminal Code of Canada with respect to section section 319(3)(b) protecting religious advocated from prosecution for hate literature with claims of support from religious texts
• Lobby for changes to Bill C-14 to remove requirement for imminent death as a qualification for medically assisted death and to allow for powers of attorney for personal care to include directions for medically assisted suicide if the individual suffers from dementia when medically assisted suicide would be that individual's choice. Legislation should provide reasonable safeguards to protect people from exploitation and to protect the individual philosophies of medical personnel.
• Lobby for removal of section 319 3b of the Criminal Code of Canada to eliminate the exemption of public hate speech and/or hate literature based on cited support from religious literature from prosecution under section 319 2 for delivering hate speech or literature.

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