Those of you who think matters of religion and school have always had a happy marriage in Canadian history will be interested in knowing that federal elections have swayed over issues concerning the overlap of school and religion.

Perhaps you'd like to read about The Manitoba Schools question which centred around Roman Catholicism and schools in Manitoba and had a decisive effect on the 1896 federal election.

Or maybe you'd be interested in how difficult it was for a largely secularist government to deal with Mennonites in Canada during the early 20th century, with their zeal for German language education and their hyper-pacifism..

Matters concerning religion, religious accommodation, prayers, language, and other aspects deriving from cultural differences have rarely mixed well with politics.

Don't be surprised to see protests erupt from this prayer debacle and don't expect the protests to wane off pretty soon. This is just a side effect of a policy called Multiculturalism.