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Memo: Québec’s Report on Secularism – Key Takeaways for Faith Communities
The report of the Comité d’étude sur le respect des principes de la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État et sur les influences religieuses (Study Committee on Compliance with the Principles of the Act respecting the laicity of the State and on Religious Influences) proposes an unprecedented expansion of Québec secularism through 50 recommendations. If adopted, these measures would have catastrophic consequences for faith communities and would, in some respects, create one of the most hostile regulatory environments in the world.
Nov 7, 2025
Mémoire: Rapport sur la laïcité – Enjeux pour les organisations religieuses
Le rapport du Comité d’étude sur le respect des principes de la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État et sur les influences religieuses propose une expansion sans précédent de la laïcité québécoise à travers 50 propositions. Si elles devaient être adoptées, ces mesures entraîneraient des conséquences catastrophiques pour les organisations religieuses et créeraient, à certains égards, un contexte réglementaire parmi les plus hostiles au monde.
Nov 7, 2025
Educational Pluralism in International Context
A Look at Seventeen Countries
Oct 30, 2025
Watch Your Step
PLAs and the Risks to Competitive Bidding in Ontario
Oct 16, 2025
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Education
Cardus Education studies excellence in education, graduate outcomes, and the development and accessibility of diverse schooling options to meet student and family needs.
Work & Economics
Cardus Work & Economics studies policies related to organized labour, work, gambling and saving, and charities in order to support the common good.
Family
Cardus Family studies the family, child care, and marriage, as well as the ways they can help strengthen civil society.
Spirited Citizenship
Cardus Spirited Citizenship supports the ongoing development of the common good at a city scale, exploring social structures, relational networks, and emerging ideas and practices.
Health
Cardus Health encourages the development of social systems that support the desire for a natural death, improve the quality and availability of palliative care, and equip patients and caregivers in end-of-life situations.
Faith Communities
Cardus Faith Communities studies Canadians’ freedom of religion and conscience, the place and role of religion in society, and the ways in which religious congregations contribute to the common good.
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We use standard social-scientific methods and put our reports through a peer review process, using outside experts to evaluate and strengthen the quality of our work before publishing it.
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Remembrance Day Prayer Ban Misses the Mark
“To say that Canadian Armed Forces chaplains cannot speak about God or cannot pray at public ceremonies of remembrance is showing a lack of understanding of who is in the armed forces," says Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett.
Nov 10, 2025
Americans Twice as Religious as Canadians, Study Finds
The study uses the Spectrum of Spirituality, an index first developed in 2017 by the Angus Reid Institute and Cardus.
Nov 6, 2025
How Canada-US Religious Differences Affect Politics
Right-leaning Canadians are religiously closer to Harris Democrats than Trump Republicans.
Nov 6, 2025
Comment les différences religieuses entre le Canada et les É-U peuvent-elles influencer la politique?
Les Canadiens de droite sont plus proches des démocrates de Harris que des républicains de Trump sur le plan religieux
Nov 6, 2025
