Canada has banished Christianity from the public sphere

Father Neuhaus has created something of a justified stir with his comments on Christianity and the nation of Canada. Many bloggers that are at the Catholic site Vox Nova are often critical of Father Neuhaus and several of his positions. I hope they do take a look at what he is saying here and give it their Critique. I am always saying that Canada and the UK is the canary in the Coal mine as to what we should be watching for here in the USA

Father wrote his observations here at the Journal First Things:

Europe to the North of Us
“Whatever happened to Christian Canada?” I expect many readers have never given a thought to the question. In part, because many, if not most, readers seldom give a thought to Canada. It is said that the difference between Canadians and Americans is that Americans do not think about the difference between Canadians and Americans. Many other such snide observations to which I take umbrage are made about the land of my birth. Truth to tell, I am not greatly offended. But, even if we did not have so many Canadian subscribers, attention must be paid. Not least because Canada is a fascinating study in the dynamics of religion and public life in which all of us, however variously, are involved. "

Read more of what he has to say as to "whatever happened" at the link.

A major Canadian paper picked up on this and has an interesting interview with Father here. I thought this interesting:
In a recent phone interview, he linked that state of affairs to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He calls it paradoxical that there are so many anti-Americans here, yet the Charter "is a thoroughly American document" -- and he does not mean it as a compliment. "It is riddled through and through with the radically individual notion of the unencumbered self and equality enforced by state power. It is a very American document and I think Canada has suffered from it grievously. All of Canada is a fascinating case study in terms of the meaning of modernity relative to religion generally and Christianity in particular. When I'm up there and I speak with clergy they ? seem very much in a state of defensiveness and a deep sense of malaise."