No atheist bus ads in Ottawa

February 19th, 2009 by Monitor

Toronto could handle them, Calgary didn’t mind, but buses with the words “There’s probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life” proved too controversial for the city of Ottawa, where the transit committee voted in favour of the bus company’s refusal to carry the Atheist Bus ads.

Ottawa joins Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Halifax, and London Ontario on the list of Canadian cities rejecting the inoffensive message.

The Ottawa Humanist group intends to complain.


One Response to “No atheist bus ads in Ottawa”

  1. FSII says:
    01/Mar/2009 at 1:26 pm

    A petition to city council has been set up.

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