No, the modern British tradition would, I think, regard it as inappropriate to bring declarations about God into such a document. That's another one of the subtle differences between Canada and the USA. In the USA politicians go on and on about God in order to impress people with how pious they are and get a few more votes...and they try very hard to make it look like their opponents are less godly than they are. In Canada most people would be downright embarrassed by such tactics on the part of a politician and it would lose him a lot of votes.

There is one party that does go on and on about God...they are the Christian Heritage Party. They normally get less than 1/2 of a percent of the vote in any riding where they run, and are considered to be a bit crazy by most people.

British government is based more on rationality than it is on blatant appeals to emotion.

Still, I agree with you that the American concept of inalienable rights stemming directly from God is an excellent one, was very inspired and revolutionary in nature at the time, puts moral authority where it really belongs, and I essentially agree with it, but if I was in politics in Canada it is not an approach I would use much to win an election, God knows! ;-)

It has been viewed for a long time in the British tradition as the normal moral responsibility of a government to treat the public decently and justly simply because that is the right thing to do...and that's how Canadian politicians tend to approach the matter.

Unfortunately at the end of the day one thing really calls the shots on every vital decision, and that one thing is $$$ MONEY $$$.

Such is also true in the USA and everywhere else, regardless of what people say they believe about God.

Of course, money IS God in our present society, so there you are! ;-)

Freedom of religion is one of the fundamental freedoms guaranteed in the Canadian Charter, but religion in itself is considered to be a personal and private matter, not a government matter, and the government does not see itself as a representative of God, but of the people. (the real truth is, though, that it is a representative of big business and the banking system)

Individual politicians vary greater in their idealism and their loyalties. Some certainly try harder than others to represent the people who elected them. Some are just there to serve their corporate funders and collect their payroll and some are there for the glory.