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This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Jan/ Feb 2026). →en français This past fall I attended an event honouring the late Rabbi Reuven Bulka, a loved and respected rabbi from Ottawa. I was struck by the high level of security and how such measures are now common in Jewish circles. I thought, How sad we’ve come to this point in Canada where Jews are constantly forced to prepare for potential physical violence! Antisemitism isn’t new. For millennia Jews hav

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Jan/Feb 2026). →en français Recent legislative proposals, federal and provincial, will negatively impact religious freedom. These are prompting increased collaboration among diverse religious communities. These interactions are possible because of a long history of building respectful relationships despite deep theological differences. Such relationship building does not involve compromising our deeply held commitmen

Canada’s Roman Catholic–Evangelical Dialogue just completed two years of meetings on the issues of Indigenous reconciliation and the residential schools. Read a report by Patricia Paddey, drawing from interviews with Dialogue members and guests, at FaithToday.ca in either English or en français. The report by Patricia Paddey has also been published at CCCB.ca. / Le rapport de Patricia Paddey a également été publié sur CECC.ca. Photo of two hillsides by Peyton Morris from Unsp

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Sep/Oct 2025). →en français Hate crimes have risen for the 6th consecutive year according to Stats Canada. And of the 1,342 crimes in 2024 judged to be motivated by religion, 68% were against Jews. Hate abounds and Jews are uniquely targeted. A recent government report on antisemitism in Ontario schools highlighted some stories. One 13-year-old girl was surrounded on multiple days by five boys who raised their hands

The Canadian Interfaith Conversation issued a statement on behalf of over 60 signatory faith traditions and institutions, to present a common public position adopted by Canada's faith communities, on combatting hate against and between our country's religious communities. The EFC and many of its affiliates are signatories and are members of the Canadian Interfaith Conversation. Download the statement: English, français Standing Together Against Hate Based on Religious Identit

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

Definition of "Spouse" to include same-sex partners (1998) EFC intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada case on the definition of spouse in provincial family legislation,M. v. H. One partner in a lesbian relationship which had ended applied for spousal support under Ontario's Family Law Act. She argued that the definition of spouse in the Family Law Act should include same-sex partners. As a member of the Interfaith Coalition for Marriage and the Family, EFC argued that the