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Funny they would say it's racist...
The gov of Canada allows any of its employees who identifies as first Nation to take extra days off to participate in traditional practices (including fishing and hunting), which is something that doesn't exist for anyone else and to me that's discrimination towards anyone that isn't Christian or first Nation considering our holidays are based on Christian celebrations...
Edit: Guess I wasn't clear? Our holiday calendar being based on Christian celebrations and first Nations getting a guaranteed 5 days off to celebrate their traditions is discrimination against people that aren't part of either group since they're at the mercy of their manager when it comes to being able to have a day off for their traditions/holidays.
Giving rights to people doesn't take them away from others.
If Christians needed this according to their religion I have no doubt they'd get it.
In fact in my country (UK) many Christian events are already holidays (Easter, Christmas). Is this not the same in Canada?
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Christians already have this in Canada. So your point is totally incorrect. This in fact brings their religious rights in line with Christians.
This is a horrible take. Some people being more equal than others has the same effect as discriminating everyone else. Let's give just white people some right and see how well that goes over (again).
This is what happens when people condense ideas into simple phrases. The quote works great when describing things like marriage equality, but something like extra days off work for some people is different. The obvious solution is flexible holidays for everyone.
Treating some better than others is just prone to issues since by treating a group better than others, the flipside is you're treating others worse than them. Flexible holidays would be a fair solution.