Globalization Initiative: Prime Minister Tony Blair

Minister Tony Blair Dept: "It's not that religious people should dictate policy, but they should have the right to speak in the public sphere," he said. "The question is how to do that in a way that doesn't go to the other extreme -people of religious faith trying to dictate.", according to Montreal Gazette. McGill, through its religious studies program, is one of a select group of universities around the world invited to participate in the initiative. Blair addressed a downtown gathering of McGill students and invited guests. Earlier in the day, he spoke to a McGill religious studies class and met with Premier Jean Charest at his Montreal office and religion must have a place in politics, even in avowedly secular states, but it should also be kept in its place, former British prime minister Tony Blair told a Montreal audience yesterday. Blair was in town to mark the participation of McGill University in the Faith and Globalization initiative launched by a foundation he established after retiring as PM three years ago after a decade in office. Its declared purpose is to educate a new generation of business, political and faith leaders in better understanding the role of faith in today's globalized world and to generate new research to apply this to specific, real-world global issues. As reported in the news.
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