In this page, we include text of interesting legal materials.

The decision of Freitag v. Town of Penetanguishene (1999) is presented. Of particular interest are the reasons for the decision of the Appeals Court of Ontario: "[24] ... Because the purpose of the practice, to impose a specifically Christian moral tone on the deliberations of the Town Council, contravenes s. 2(a) of the Charter, there is no need to examine the effects of the practice. However, even if one does consider the effects, the application judge erred in finding that they are trivial and insubstantial."

Also included is the recent decision on Payette v. Ville de Laval (2006) by the Human Rights Tribunal of he Province of Quebec. This long document shows that the determination of Freitag is applicable to all municipalities in Canada, and expanded its effect to prayers other than the Lord's Prayer.

We have also included Zyberberg v Sudbury Board of Education (1988), that established basic doctrines on issues of forced public expression of a person's private religious views, and was referenced several times in Freitag.