State-funded church schools have been controversial in Canada since before the country was even founded, yet three provinces still maintain Catholic school-boards to this day. While most reformers seek to exorcise church control over education entirely, some (like the roundly mocked) John Tory have sought to spread the model of publicly funded religious schooling to other religious denominations.  

This week, your hosts debate the issue, with Jacob coming out swinging for religious education as a way to promote cultural pluralism and hedge against anti-state radicalization; and Liam strongly defending a singular, secular curriculum. Sparks will fly, and after hearing some classic McPherson moans at the beginning of this episode, you'll wonder if we mean that in every sense of the phrase!