During elections, faith
groups—like other charities—have to follow the rules against promoting one
party over another and be careful about how they engage candidates.
They can't do those things, but they can ask their supporters to ask candidates about issues of concern to the faith groups they support. To help them with that, faith groups produce election guides.
Looking at the guides produced by Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Sikh groups, it’s interesting to see the various issues they care about. It's also interesting to note how little they have in common—things like foreign aid, religious freedom, sexual exploitation and climate change.
And one thing that
didn’t come up at all? Donald Trump, tariffs and the trade war — the main thing
on the minds of Canadians during this election.
Read my column about the various guides here.
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