Guest blogger: Bruce J. Clemenger is President of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. Following is the text of his address to the gathering assembled for the 2012 March For Life rally on Parliament Hill. You have heard it said that the debate about legal protection for the unborn is over. I say look at this… Read More
EFC’s Don Hutchinson, Vice-President and General Legal Counsel EFC’s Bruce Clemenger, President More pictures available here. … Read More
By Don Hutchinson Remember Bart, the school bully in Little House on the Prairie? Bullying in schools and schoolyards has arguably existed since the beginnings of such institutions; but the issue seems to be receiving more airtime now than ever before. The documentary Bully hit American theatres on March 30. It chronicles the lives of… Read More
By Don Hutchinson Lawyer Alan Young sat down in a crowded media theatre and engaged in his version of yelling ‘fire!’ Much of the media present joined in the cry and the resulting confusion on blogs, newspaper sites and the 6 o’clock news left the nation looking for smoke. At least that’s the way I… Read More
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada recently released a resource to help Ontarians better understand the potential implications of Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act. To review the full document, download a copy of Ontario’s Bill 13, The Accepting Schools Act, and Anti-Bullying Initiatives: What You Need To Know, which is a compilation of the most… Read More
By Don Hutchinson As we round the corner toward the NDP leadership convention, now just a week away, it seems an appropriate time to take a glance at leadership, particularly the influence of faith on leadership, in Canada’s Parliament today. When the NDP elects its next leader it will turn a corner that removes the… Read More
By Faye Sonier On Thursday, September 29, 2011, Harold Albrecht rose to his feet in the House of Commons to introduce Bill C-300, an initiative for the prevention of suicide in Canada that seems long overdue for consideration by Canada’s Parliament. Albrecht, the Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Conestoga, has long had end of life issues… Read More
Originally published in Faith Today, March/April 2012 By guest blogger: Bruce J. Clemenger, President, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Canada, like all countries, has a plurality of institutions its citizens participate in: family, place of worship, business, school, government, voluntary associations. Every one of these is oriented by a religion or faith – ultimately who… Read More
By Don Hutchinson and guest blogger Rick Hiemstra, Director of Research, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) does not generally engage in the number crunching of the government budget process. But we do believe that a budget is, fundamentally, a moral document, and as such that Biblical principles are relevant… Read More
By Don Hutchinson and guest blogger Rick Hiemstra, Director of Research, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) does not generally engage in the number crunching of the government budget process. But we do believe that a budget is, fundamentally, a moral document, and as such that Biblical principles are relevant… Read More