UN Rules Government Funding of Catholic Education in Ontario "Discriminatory"

LifeSite ^ | November 17, 2005 | Terry Vanderheyden

[NYer]

Taking our marching orders from the UN, an unelected and unaccountable international body, begs the question as to whether we still command our sovereignty as a free nation.

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[Trance750]

But I bet the UN would not have a problem using Government funds for Mosques.

[rwa265]

Aren't there several countries committing genocide, torture of its citizens, and other atrocities that the UN should be more concerned about than it is about a country's education funding decisions?

[kevinm13]

I pray that the Ontario government has enough guts to stick with funding Catholic schools rather than give in to some report by the UN.

[stevem]

Well, regardless of precedent or culture or any other consideration, it seems to me if the UN demands it, Canada really needs to comply. Isn't the UN, after all, the last word on...everything?

[Redbob]

The UN "demanded"???
Did I read that correctly?

The only quasi-governmental body more spineless than the US Senate "demanded"?

[x5452]

Get U.S. out of UN.

[rwa265]

And get UN out of U.S.

[w1andsodidwe]

I expect a ruling momentarily on Pakistan, Iran, etc, funding of Moslem terrorist training camps.

[Maceman]

Well, at least they're being consistent. After all, the UN has already demanded that Muslim nations stop funding Muslim education, and that they quit outlawing Christianity.

Oh wait. That didn't happen.

[Tzimisce]

Coming soon to a nation near you....

[adgirl]

"The United Nations Human Rights Committee demanded . . ."

Right, go full metal jacket on funding Catholic schools while you ignore human rights violations right and left in China, North Korea, Syria and Iran. What is wrong with these people?

I guess if Canada doesn't comply they'll send in UN troops. We all know what that means--Lock up your daughters!

[-YYZ-]

I happen to agree with the UN in this case. Public funding of Catholic schools but no other parochial school system is clearly discriminatory. It's also wasteful of public funds, as we have to fund two sets of schools, administrators, school buses and so on. And don't start on about how public funds should be available to all parents to send kids to schools of their choice, since they pay into the system. I pay lots of taxes, too, and I don't have any kids at all. By the above logic I shoudn't have to contribute to funding education at all.

[reagandemocrat]

But those are questions CANADA should address, not the UN nor even us, it's simply none of our business.

RD

[Jaysun]

I happen to agree with the UN in this case. Public funding of Catholic schools but no other parochial school system is clearly discriminatory. It's also wasteful of public funds, as we have to fund two sets of schools, administrators, school buses and so on. And don't start on about how public funds should be available to all parents to send kids to schools of their choice, since they pay into the system. I pay lots of taxes, too, and I don't have any kids at all. By the above logic I shoudn't have to contribute to funding education at all.

Even if you agree you have to ask yourself, "Why is the UN giving a sovereign nation marching orders? WTF?"

[-YYZ-]

Oh, I don't care that the UN has told us so, but then again it might be the impetus for us to re-examine the needs for two seperate publically funded school systems.

Certainly the original reason for the seperate (Catholic) school system is gone - anti-Catholic prejudice is basically long gone and dead in this country, outside a few Protestant cranks. And if Catholic parents want their kids to learn their religion they can send them to Sunday school.

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The current membership of the Human Rights Committee is:

Name Nationality Term expires
Ms. Christine CHANET (Chairperson)
France
31.12.2006
Mr. Nisuke ANDO Japan 31.12.2006
Mr. Prafullachandra Natwarlal BHAGWATI India 31.12.2006
Mr. Alfredo CASTILLERO HOYOS Panama 31.12.2006
Mr. Abdelfattah AMOR Tunisia 31.12.2006
Mr. Maurice Ahanhanzo GLÈLÈ-AHANHANZO Benin 31.12.2008
Mr. Edwin JOHNSON LOPEZ Ecuador 31.12.2008
Mr. Walter KÄLIN Switzerland 31.12.2006
Mr. Rajsoomer LALLAH Mauritius 31.12.2008
Mr. Michael O'FLAHERTY Ireland 21.12.2008
Mr. Rafael RIVAS POSADA Colombia 31.12.2008
Sir Nigel RODLEY United Kingdom 31.12.2008
Mr. Ivan SHEARER Australia 31.12.2008
Mr. Hipólito SOLARI YRIGOYEN Argentina 31.12.2006
Mr. Ahmed TAWFIK KHALIL Egypt 31.12.2008
Ms. Ruth WEDGWOOD United States of America 31.12.2006
Mr. Roman WIERUSZEWSKI Poland 31.12.2006
Ms. Elisabeth PALM

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948