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Taxing today’s religious institutions because of residential-school horrors would be missing the point

July 19, 2021

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Recent news about residential schools should force us to reckon with injustices. But taxing churches isn’t the place to start. Rather, we should point out that such injustices are at odds with professed beliefs, and remind religious communities to renew their efforts at reconciliation and loving their neighbours.