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A law allowing euthanasia for mental illness alone has already passed and will take effect in March 2027 unless a bill is passed to stop it. MP Tamara Jansen introduced Bill C-218 in the House of Commons on June 20, 2025. This bill would remove the provisions that will allow MAiD for mental illness alone in 2027. Bill C-218 would exclude a mental disorder from being considered a "grievous and irremediable medical condition" for the purposes of Medical Assistance in Dying. Thi

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Jan/Feb 2025). →en français Canadians and their organizations have long had free use of public spaces like parks, and been able to rent facilities such as schools, libraries, hotels and conference centres. Denying access based on religion violates religious freedom and hinders the ability of religious communities to contribute to the public good. But denying access is occurring more frequently and a Christian ministr

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout Mise à jour sur les questions les plus urgentes au Canada À la Cour suprême : L’AEC était à la Cour suprême en novembre avec ARPA Canada pour soutenir les lois actuelles sur la prostitution. Cette affaire concernait deux hommes reconnus coupables d'avoir procuré et profité financièrement de la prostitution d'autrui. L’AEC et l'ARPA ont fait valoir que les lois sur la prostitution, connues sous le nom de LPCPVE, protègent la dignité hu

The EFC and the World Evangelical Alliance have again jointly submitted a brief in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of human rights in Canada. (See the previous EFC/WEA submission from 2017.) Our 2023 UPR stakeholders report provides information to the international community on how Canada is meeting its human rights obligations and makes recommendations on how Canada can promote and protect human rights in Canada in the areas of: protection of persons with disabi

Bill C-311 would make the abuse and harm of a pregnant woman a factor for judges to consider in sentencing. It would signal that harming a pregnant woman is a serious crime and may mean a longer sentence for those who commit violence against a pregnant woman. MP Cathay Wagantall introduced Bill C-311 in the House of Commons on January 31, 2023. It would specify that, in sentencing decisions, courts should consider whether offenders abused women they knew to be pregnant or cau

Hon. Chrystia Freeland Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Department of Finance Canada 90 Elgin Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5 Dear Minister Freeland, We are writing to ask for clarification and to express our deep concern about possible changes to charitable status in Canada. In the December 2021 mandate letter, the prime minister outlined priorities for you, including to: “Introduce amendments to the Income Tax Act to make anti-abortion organizations that pr

On October 29, 2024, the government announced plans to introduce legislation related to charities that offer pregnancy options counselling. In a news conference outlining their plans, ministers used language that disparaged and mischaracterized pregnancy care centres as deceptive. The EFC is concerned about the mischaracterization and targeting of pregnancy care centres and the politicization of charities. In a ministerial mandate letter released on December 16, 2021, the p

[Update: For more explanation and what you can do on this issue, see related EFC toolkit, released March 2022] The Hon. Chrystia Freeland Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister The Hon. Diane Lebouthillier Minister of National Revenue November 30, 2021 Dear Ministers, We are writing to express our deep concern and ask for clarification. The Liberal Party platform,Forward For Everyone,stated that a re-elected Liberal government will “No longer provide charity status

UPDATE: Bill C-233 was defeated by a vote of 248-82 on June 2, 2021 Bill C-233 is a private member’s bill that would ban sex-selective abortion. It was introduced by MP Cathay Wagantall on February 26, 2020, and reintroduced Sept. 23, 2020. The bill would make changes to the Criminal Code to prohibit medical practitioners from performing an abortion knowing that the abortion is solely due to the child’s genetic sex. Sample letter for sending to your MP: pdf or docx EFC letter

Legal Submissions (September 2006) Written legal arguments in the Spratt case. This case challenges the constitutionality of the B.C. law that prohibits protesting abortion within a certain bubble zone around abortion clinics. Spratt Factum, B.C. Court of Appeal, Sept 2006 Media Releases Alliance Before Appeal Court in Abortion Bubble Zone Case, 9/14/2007Alliance Files Factum in Abortion Bubble Zone Case, 9/18/2007

The EFC intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada case Dobson v. Dobson. This case concerns whether a child can sue for injuries he suffered while in the womb in a car accident in which his mother was driving. This case would determine whether Cynthia Dobson, the boy' s mother, and her insurance company were liable for her son' s injuries, if she were found negligent in the accident. The EFC intervened in this case arguing that a mother and unborn child are legally distinct a

The EFC intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada case Winnipeg Child & Family Services v. G. In this case, the Supreme Court was determining whether the courts can confine pregnant women to treatment programs in order to protect unborn children. The EFC and the Christian Medical Dental Society argued that women owe a duty of care to their unborn children and challenged the legal fiction that a child needs to be "born alive" before it has legal rights. Winnipeg Child and Fami

Borowski v. Attorney General of Canada, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342 (S.C.C.); The EFC intervened in the Supreme Court over the constitutional status of the unborn (Borowski v. Canada). Docket 20411 Joseph Borowski v. Attorney General of Canada