“Mr. Speaker, the member across the way stated that the religious exemption has never been used so they cannot cite a case. I am sure the member realizes that there was an exemption that did not have to be proven, and now Bill C-9 would remove that: genuine belief. Is my friend hearing concerns from pastors about things such as that if they say that people should wait to be intimate, to have intercourse, until their marriage, that biblical principle could get them in trouble? Is my friend hearing questions of that nature?”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 61 wordsthe key thing is that it is not just from clergy leaders that I am hearing concerns about Bill C-9.Unearned certaintyIt is constituents, everyday Canadians in London—Fanshawe, and also outside London—Fanshawe, who are drawing concerns with regard to Bill C-9.If Bill C-9 is passed, they are concerned that what they preach or what they practise would be deemed hate speech.
