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For immediate release from The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Only half of Canadians (51%) are aware that Canadians will be eligible for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) on the basis of mental illness in March 2024, according to a new Angus Reid Forum poll undertaken for The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. “What we can clearly see is that many of our neighbours aren’t aware of some of the major changes happening in our country,” says EFC President David Guretzki. “This

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

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

Bill C-314 would exclude a mental disorder from being considered a grievous and irremediable medical condition for the purposes of Medical Assistance in Dying. This would mean that no one would be eligible for MAID for mental illness alone MP Ed Fast introduced Bill C-314 in the House of Commons on February 10, 2023. Update: A vote on Bill C-314 was held Oct. 18, 2023. Bill C-314 was defeated 167-150, but an improvement compared to a similar vote in 2021 that was 184-148. Ple

[ le français suit ] This Declare and Resolve Statement has been signed by more than 50 leaders of Christian organizations, as noted in the PDF version below. It was first presented at the EFC Presidents Day, Oct. 27, 2022. As leaders of evangelical churches, ministries and institutions, we declare and resolve the following: We lament hastened death in Canada. We grieve the expansion in law that has made those whose death is not reasonably foreseeable eligible for hastened de