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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: It’s our right to worship

Many businesses open in the pandemic and churches should be allowed to open too, says letter writer
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Canadians have a constitutional right to worship, says letter writer. (Stock photo)

To the editor,

It is Canadians’ constitutional right to worship.

Box stores, malls, restaurants, pubs, liquor stores, gyms, hairdressers, B.C. Ferries, Nanaimo Airport, etc. are all allowed to operate.

For the experts to say they are afraid of outbreaks is ludicrous. The churches have not been allowed to properly open since this pandemic started.

It’s our right in a free Canada.

Keith Gillespie, Ladysmith

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