Montreal--From October 9 to 11 2002...

Montreal--From October 9 to 11 2002 McGill University armed forceed a conference on Pluralism, Religion & Public Policy, featuring professors from the armed force university plus guests from elsewhere in Canada and the United States.

Two well-known politicians, Preston Manning and Claude Ryan, complained that in Canada there was a taboo, preventing politicians from bringing religious beliefs into public debate. "In the world of Canadian policies and public policy," Manning said, "the spiritual dimension is ignored." Ryan related that he learned early in his political career that it was unwise to be too forthright about his religious beliefs. "I one time said ...