Reprinted with permission from the Nov/Dec issue of the EFC magazine Faith Today. Updated 30 November 2016. There is a majestic mountain range stretching 300 miles along southeastern British Columbia. It is stunning – a Canadian paradise of glaciers, meadows, lakes and peaks that reach to the skies. Everyone agrees it is beautiful. Everyone does… Read More
Once again Trinity Western University is in court to defend its right to have a Christian law school, this time in its home province of B.C. (The EFC and Christian Higher Education Canada are interveners in support of TWU). B.C. is one of three provincial law societies that have refused to accredit the law school… Read More
More on this issue, including video, at theEFC.ca/carter The Supreme Court ruled February 6 that the prohibition against physician-assisted suicide is unconstitutional in certain circumstances and has given Parliament 12 months to respond. As the definition of “physician-assisted death” includes the provision or administration of medication that intentionally brings about a person’s death, both assisted… Read More
By EFC President Bruce J. Clemenger Originally published 21 October 2014 at theEFC.ca/6th Joseph Arvay, lawyer for those trying to decriminalize assisted suicide and euthanasia, began his arguments before the Supreme Court in the recent Carter case saying that two groups, churches and disability advocates, are the ones paralyzing Parliament and preventing a reconsideration of… Read More
By EFC President Bruce J. Clemenger Originally published 30 September 2014 at theEFC.ca/PrayerandState. Available also as a printer-friendly PDF. Should prayer before city council meetings be unconstitutional? That is the issue coming before the Supreme Court of Canada in October. The question is not whether a prayer must be offered but whether a public, group… Read More
Guest Post: Geoffrey Trotter, Counsel for the EFC in the Carter v. Canada case. Article was originally published in Take Five. While some have characterized the majority decision in Carter as a narrow application of stare decisis to avoid dealing with the merits, a closer look reveals an important contemporary appellate endorsement of the underlying… Read More
By Faye Sonier Last week, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) released its decision in the Carter v. Canada case. The BCCA upheld Canada’s ban on assisted suicide. The Carter case was launched in 2011 by a few individuals and groups who wanted to see assisted suicide legalized in Canada. At the trial level,… Read More