listen - in canada's constitution, religious freedom is listed as a type of speech right, which is very different than the rule in the united states, and there was no guarantee it was going to end up in there at all.

the liberals - chretien & trudeau - used it as a kind of bargaining chip. there was a lengthy debate about it, and it only end up in there after the fact, as a concession.

it was always an afterthought, and we could have very well ended up with a constitution that didn't mention it.

so, when i state that i wish it wasn't in there, that's not a position that is in any way divorced from recent canadian history.