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essentialsaltesIn Canadia, prisoners formerly had access to a variety of chaplains of different faiths. No more. "The federal government is cancelling the contracts of non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons, CBC News has learned."
Cribbing from Babbage, I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of flappy-headed confusion of ideas that could provoke such a statement. Compare:
The government is not in the business of picking and choosing which races will be given preferential status through government funding, therefore we're firing all nonwhite government employees. (These government-funded white people will be given the training needed to adequately provide services to Canadians of all races.)
"The minister strongly supports the freedom of religion for all Canadians, including prisoners,” the email states. “However, the government … is not in the business of picking and choosing which religions will be given preferential status through government funding. The minister has concluded … [Christian] chaplains employed by Corrections Canada must provide services to inmates of all faiths."
Cribbing from Babbage, I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of flappy-headed confusion of ideas that could provoke such a statement. Compare:
The government is not in the business of picking and choosing which races will be given preferential status through government funding, therefore we're firing all nonwhite government employees. (These government-funded white people will be given the training needed to adequately provide services to Canadians of all races.)
