Since notifying our readership that we are intervening in the Marriage Commissioner Reference at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, we have received a number of questions about the case and the state of the law in Canada. We hope the FAQs that we have provided below are helpful. Below we posted two of them. To view… Read More
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada has released a 20-page report entitled Selling Ourselves: Prostitution in Canada, Where are we Headed? The report is a comparative analysis of two distinct approaches to prostitution, taken by Sweden and the Netherlands. It compares the two legislative frameworks and the results of each on rates of prostitution and human trafficking,… Read More
Many questions have been raised in response to the introduction of Bill C-510, Roxanne’s Law. And we’ve decided to take a crack at answering the most common legal questions posed. Below we posted three of them. To view them all, download this PDF and have a read. Will this law criminalize abortion? This bill will not… Read More
CFPL staff members Julia Beazley and Faye Sonier check out the new [ACTIVATE] booklet.The EFC has just released the second booklet in its [ACTIVATE] series! Entitled How Merciful, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, the resource was developed to educate youth and youth adults about the title issues. The booklet includes current statistical and factual information, case studies, testimonies, scriptural foundation… Read More
Hugo, the fuzzy ChihuahuaWhat is the value of a life? A human life? A dog’s life? A potted plant? I have shared in the past that I am pro-life and told my story publicly. I believe that all life comes from God, that He made man in His image, and that human life is therefore… Read More
Last week I wrote about the Canadian Association of University Teacher’s (CAUT) witch-hunt directed toward faith-based institutions. In short, they believe that a university whose staff members sign a statement of faith is incapable of fostering an environment of academic freedom. Case in point: CAUT conducted a ‘random’ investigation of Trinity Western University and placed… Read More
Last week, I was given a copy of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand’s Tortured for Christ. It blessed me, shocked me and convicted me. I have so very much to learn from my persecuted brothers and sisters. Called by many the ‘Voice of the Underground Church’, Richard and his wife, Sabina, spent their lives boldly preaching the… Read More
Clearly the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has determined that it is tasked with tarnishing the reputations of faith-based educational institutions, the Christian schools in particular. It seems to have started last year, when CAUT started an unsolicited investigation of Trinity Western University (TWU). The investigation didn’t follow CAUT’s own internal process (i.e., informal… Read More
I blogged two weeks ago that Isaiah May was having to fight for his life, both in the hospital and at the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench. And he’s only 3 months old. Last Wednesday, Justice Michelle Crighton decided to set back the decision of whether to remove the child from the ventilator until February… Read More
That’s essentially what the letter from the hospital stated to the parents of a very ill three month old baby: We must put the interests of your son foremost and it is in his best interests to discontinue mechanical ventilation support. I can’t imagine being a mother and receiving a letter from the hospital tasked… Read More