You’ll find all the archived posts, plus new ones, at www.TheEFC.ca/Blog.… Read More

By Don Hutchinson “The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation,” or so former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau infamously stated to the media at a press conference on December 21, 1967. Last week, Canada’s Science and Technology Museum (located in Ottawa) finished setting up the exhibit “Sex:A Tell All Exhibition” in… Read More

As originally published by the National Post Holy Post on July 25, 2011 By Don Hutchinson The July 13 release of the independent Commission of Investigation’s Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne in Ireland has brought about calls for a change in Ireland’s laws that would require the Roman Catholic confessional to sacrifice its… Read More

There are few involved in promoting biblical principles on matters of law and public policy who have not at least encountered Gerald Vandezande. Gerald was a giant among men – and women – who understood, intuitively, educationally and theologically, the importance of loving both God and one’s neighbour (Mark 12:30-31) and how that applied to… Read More

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s Centre for Faith and Public Life (CFPL) in Ottawa has a Law and Public Policy Internship Program for post-secondary students. Interns are given the opportunity to work with the CFPL team on various public policy and legal issues.  Interns are supervised and mentored by the appropriate member or members of the… Read More

This week the Vancouver School Board decided all its elementary schools should participate in the BC Teachers Federation “Week Against Homophobia.” Parents were not advised. Word leaked out and enquiring parents were told the lesson outlines were not available to them, but one teacher at one school broke the hidden agenda rule and released the… Read More

Guest blogger: Bruce J. Clemenger is President, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada With federal election 2011, we have witnessed an historic election with many firsts.  First, a majority for the Conservative Party of Canada, a relatively new party birthed out of a desire to unite the right, and which first led the longest minority Parliament… Read More

Don Hutchinson summarizes the activities of the past year at The Centre for Faith and Public Life in Ottawa.… Read More

We’re off for the holidays, but we’ll be back to blogging the week of January 3, 2011. Merry Christmas! (Back row, left to right: Julia, Don, Rick. Front row, left to right: Anita, Bruce (President, EFC), Faye)… Read More

Bruce J. Clemenger, president of the EFC, welcomed Members of Parliament, Christian leaders and other guests to the Sept. 27 opening of the new location for the Ottawa based Centre for Faith and Public Life. We can now be found in suite 1810 at 130 Albert Street, Ottawa.   (L to R) Back row: Rick… Read More