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Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout Le Centre de recherche sur l'Église et la foi de l'AEC jette généralement un regard neuf sur une partie essentielle du ministère de l'Église. Les ministères centraux sont souvent négligés, ce qui conduit à des hypothèses périmées, à un ministère inefficace et à une baisse de motivation parmi les personnes les plus disposées à servir. Il y a plusieurs années, des responsables d'organisations affiliées ont demandé à l'AEC de leur fourni

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout This article comes from Read directly: ~/Communications/Canada-Watch/Why-must-Canada-reverse-MAiD-for-mental-illness Le point sur les questions les plus pressantes au Canada L'intolérance religieuse : L'AEC et le Canadian Centre for Christian Charities (CCCC) ont écrit à la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne (CCDP) au sujet de l'intolérance religieuse : « Il est opportun et important d'avoir une discussion. Le Canada est

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout De plus en plus, le travail des organisations chrétiennes doit inclure une présence en ligne vitale et dynamique. Les consommateurs de ces messages s'attendent à un contenu vidéo et audio de haute qualité. L’AEC est en train d’aménager deux studios médias - un à Ottawa et un studio satellite plus petit à Toronto - que nous mettons à la disposition des ministères affiliés à l’AEC pour une location à prix abordable. L'idée de ces studi

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Jan/Feb 2024). →en français Canadians are known for being nice. We are even teased for saying sorry when others would not bother. But being taught politeness, an element of this niceness, can also circumvent saying what we think. Our society revels in differences over sports and food, but when we dissent on other issues of taste, appearance or behaviour, do we not hold our tongues to avoid embarrassment or tension? D

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Jan/Feb 2024). →en français Have you ever heard of a 2,000th anniversary? Believe it or not, we are on the verge of one in the not-too-distant future. I’m talking, of course, about the bimillennial anniversary of the betrothed bride of Jesus Christ in 2033. Talk about a long engagement! What will the state of the Church be in 2033? If Jesus doesn’t come back before then, I think most of us would be thrilled to see th

The justice minister has suggested a delay of the March 17 implementation date might be possible. That would give more time to try to stop this misguided expansion. (Why? See TheEFC.ca/HaltMAID.) Please contact your MP in at least one way in the next 10 days to reach them before Parliament resumes Jan. 29. Step 1: Find your MP’s contact info using your postal code, www.ourcommons.ca/members/en. This site has the MP’s email, address and phone numbers for the MP’s local constit

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta asked for feedback on its policy on conscientious objection by Jan. 15, 2024. One of the proposed changes introduces “effective referrals” into the policy. Many doctors object to ending the lives of their patients through euthanasia and would object to providing an effective referral for it. The EFC made a three-page submission, which you can download as a PDF.

Why do we engage in policy discussions, as Christians? Politics is messy; it can be complex and sometimes dysfunctional, and sometimes it seems so hard to make a difference. But what the law says matters. Laws and policies affect how people are treated, what options they have or don’t have, who is protected, who is helped. When the Canada Summer Jobs program screens employers based on their beliefs, real ministries and organizations are excluded. Youth who would have been

Download a PDF of the joint four-page letter by Deina Warren, Director of Legal Affairs, The Canadian Centre for Christian Charities and Julia Beazley, Director of Public Policy, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

Download the full, four-page PDF of the December/January issue, or read the main story below. Aussi disponible en français. The EFC is celebrating a decision by an Ontario court this fall that found Canada’s prostitution laws to be constitutional. The current laws protect human dignity and equality – so it’s illegal to buy sex, arrange for the sale of another person or receive a benefit from the sale of another person’s sexual services. As an intervener in this court case t

The EFC submitted a three-page brief on MAID for mental illness, to the Special Joint Parliamentary Commitee. This brief (aussi disponible en français) calls the government to halt or at least to a delay of the planned March 2024 expansion to allow legal euthanasia for reasons of mental illness alone without any additional safeguards. Download the bilingual EFC brief

The EFC calls attention to significant problems with the Canada Summer Jobs program in a six-page submission to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of People with Disabilities.The submission concludes: Canada Summer Jobs is a vital program that benefits many Canadians – the youth who are employed, the organizations that hire them and the communities they serve. Many faith-based organizations participate in the CSJ program an

[ La version française suit ] The Hon. Arif Virani Minister of Justice The Hon. Mark Holland Minister of Health The Hon. Ya’ara Saks Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Dear Ministers, We offer our congratulations on your new portfolios. We appreciate that with these roles come additional responsibilities and commitments. We want to thank you for the work you do on behalf of all Canadians in these important areas. We are writing today out of our deep concern about Medica

Bill S-263 would require the federal government to maintain and update a national strategy to combat human trafficking. It specifies that the national strategy must include measures to empower and support survivors, increase prevention efforts, and increase the capacity of the justice system to identify and prosecute human trafficking cases. Senator Ataullahjan introduced Bill S-263 on May 9, 2023. Related resources Sample letter you can send to your MP (PDF, Docx)

Bill S-224 is a private members bill that was introduced in the Senate by Senator Salma Ataullahjan. It would have removed the requirement that a trafficking victim, or a person in those circumstances, must demonstrate they feared for their safety or the safety of a loved one. The bill would also have moved into the definition the additional considerations that exploitation includes coercion, the use or threatened use of force, deception, the abuse of a position of trust, pow

Dear Mrs. Wagantall, We would like to express our support for your private member’s bill, C-311, the Violence Against Pregnant Women Act. When the courts consider factors that make a crime more serious and influence sentencing, Bill C-311 would specifically include knowingly abusing and harming a pregnant woman as an aggravating factor. The gravity of a criminal offence is reflected in sentencing. This bill would signal that knowingly abusing a pregnant woman is a serious c

The Hon. Marco Mendicino Minister of Public Safety 269 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, Ontario   K1A 0P8 Dear Minister Mendicino, We are writing to urge you to allow prostitution-related convictions incurred prior to enactment of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act to be expunged from the criminal records of prostituted persons. This would be a step towards removing stigma and barriers for those who have been in situations of exploitation and towards ad

The EFC made a three-page submission to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women for its study on Human Trafficking of Women, Girls and Gender Diverse People. The EFC brief shared statistics on trafficking and discussed the connection between prostitution and sex trafficking. It recommended the government develop a permanent national strategy to combat trafficking, among other policy recommendations. Download it here.

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

The Hon. Ed Fast Member of Parliament for Abbotsford House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 February 23, 2023 Dear Mr. Fast, We would like to express our support for your private member’s bill, Bill C-314. This legislation would exclude a mental disorder from being considered a grievous and irremediable medical condition for the purposes of Medical Assistance in Dying. There are so many reasons to halt this expansion and walk back the provisions passed in Bill C-7 that allow