Bill C-510, An Act to Prevent Coercion of Pregnant Women to Abortion, also known as Roxanne’s Law, was deemed by The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs as not designated as non-votable on October 19th. This passing of this very important stage means that the bill, which will criminalize the act of coercing or… Read More
Should the term “child pornography” in the Criminal Code be changed to “child sex abuse materials”? While there may be laudable principles for considering to do so, it would be a legal gamble – with children at risk – to amend the law. This gamble could very likely provide child abusers with a new legal… Read More
For immediate release from The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada September 29, 2010 ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT RULING ON PROSTITUTION… OTTAWA, ON – The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (the EFC) is deeply dissatisfied with yesterday’s Ontario Superior Court ruling on Canada’s existing prostitution laws. In her decision, Justice Susan Himel effectively struck down the Criminal Code provisions… Read More
Guest Blogger: André Schutten, Student-at-Law, Former CFPL Intern In conversation with a friend, the topic of the legality of abortion came up. Although my friend has been a licensed practicing nurse for a few years, he was shocked to find out that in Canada an abortion can be legally procured throughout all three trimesters, up… Read More
The right under section 5 to equal treatment with respect to employment is not infringed where,
(a) a religious, philanthropic, educational, fraternal or social institution or organization that is primarily engaged in serving the interests of persons identified by their race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, creed, sex, age, marital status or disability employs only, or gives preference in employment to, persons similarly identified if the qualification is a reasonable and bona fide qualification because of the nature of the employment; [emphasis added]
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For more information, check out our press release. An analysis of the case to follow shortly. … Read More
Friday started a little more relaxedly for the EFC team as our oral arguments were behind us. We had a lengthy breakfast over easy conversation to reflect on the previous day, before gowning up and heading to the courthouse. The courtroom full again, and at some points was standing room only for a second day.… Read More
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
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
It was with satisfaction that I read the text of proposed Bill C-510, An Act to Prevent Coercion of Pregnant Women to Abort (Roxanne’s Law). The construction of this bill is clear and its purpose of protecting vulnerable women is compassionate and noble. I would argue this bill will expose that the “abortion debate” in… Read More