Regardless of whether it’s good policy or good politics, this week’s opening of Canada’s new Office of Religious Freedom is taking the lid off a Pandora’s box.

The Conservative government is following the lead of the U.S. and establishing a $5 million office, run by a Roman Catholic academic, to speak out for religious freedom around the world. There is no doubt religious repression is rising in a number of places.

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