July
24, 2015
Baha’i
Representative Appointed to Canada’s External Advisory Committee on
Religious Freedom
 Toronto,
Ontario, 2
July 2015
(CBNS) — The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Canada’s Minister of Foreign
Affairs, recently announced the establishment of an External Advisory
Committee on religious freedom. The committee is comprised of 23
members from a variety of Canadian faith and belief communities,
including the Director of Government Relations for the Baha’i Community
of Canada, Corinne Box.
The Baha’i member was appointed by the government to serve as the
vice-chair of the Advisory Committee. Father Raymond J. de Souza, a
Roman Catholic priest from Kingston, was appointed chair and Malik
Talib, President of the Aga Khan Council for Canada, was appointed as a
second vice chair.
The Committee will advise the Office of Religious Freedom on the
exercise of its mandate to promote and defend religious freedom
internationally as a central element of Canada’s foreign policy. The
inaugural meeting of the Committee was held at the Foreign Affairs,
Trade and Development Canada building in Ottawa in late June with
Minister Nicholson and Dr. Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador for
Religious Freedom. The Committee will meet semi-annually.
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