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The EFC made a submission to the federal Department of Finance in its August 2025 pre-budget consultation on what should be in Budget 2025. The EFC’s brief has six recommendations, including that the government: maintain the advancement of religion as a charitable purpose avoid politicizing charitable status increase the budget of the Canada Community Security program to help protect places of worship establish a permanent national strategy to combat human trafficking fund ex

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout L'an dernier, l’AÉC a lancé un nouvel événement annuel appelé la Journée des pasteurs. L'idée est de créer un espace de réseautage et de partage à l'échelle régionale entre un groupe diversifié de pasteurs, et de permettre aux dirigeants de l’AÉC d’offrir des présentations interactives encourageantes adaptées à leur travail et à leur ministère. Une partie de la journée comprend des sessions conjointes avec les pasteurs des assemblées

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout Mise à jour sur les questions les plus urgentes au Canada Liberté religieuse : Un tribunal du Québec examinera cet automne l'affaire Harvest Ministries. Il s'agit d'un contrat de location résilié par un ministre provincial en raison des convictions de ce ministère. L'AÉC intervient conjointement avec le Centre canadien pour les organisations caritatives chrétiennes et un réseau évangélique québécois. Prostitution : Une décision est at

Traduit de l'anglais par François Godbout Aidez à mettre fin à l'aide médicale à mourir pour les personnes atteintes de maladie mentale. Il est temps d'agir si nous voulons protéger les personnes atteintes de maladie mentale contre l'euthanasie. Dans un peu plus d'un an et demi, les Canadiens pourront bénéficier de l'euthanasie sur la seule base d'une maladie mentale, à moins qu'un projet de loi ne soit adopté pour mettre fin à cette extension. Les lecteurs de Canada Watch sa

Download the full, four-page PDF of the August/Sept 2025 issue, or read the main story below. Aussi disponible en français. It’s time to act if we want to protect people with mental illness from euthanasia. Canadians will be eligible for euthanasia on the basis of mental illness alone in just over a year and a half, unless a bill is passed to stop the expansion. Canada Watch readers know euthanasia has expanded rapidly in recent years. Many have supported us as we have spoken

The Hon. Gary Anandasangaree0 Minister of Public Safety 269 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1A 0P8 Dear Minister, Today, on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, we urge you to expedite a new permanent national strategy to combat human trafficking. The realities of human trafficking call for deliberate, coordinated action, both in Canada and around the world. We ask you to take steps to end human trafficking in our communities, following the commitment made in the Liberal

The EFC made a submission to the House of Commons Finance Committee. The committee is holding consultations to hear and discuss the spending priorities of Canadians in advance of the Fall 2025 Budget. The EFC called on the Finance Committee to maintain advancement of religion as a charitable purpose and to avoid politicizing charitable status. The submission also called for a permanent, funded national strategy to combat human trafficking and support for palliative care. Rea

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Jul/Aug 2025). →en français We live in a world that does not understand faith and does not see religion as being in the public good. If this column were longer, we could walk in-detail through recent Canadian public policy examples such as: parliamentary recommendations calling for an end to “advancement of religion” as a charitable purpose and an end to charitable status for “anti-abortion organizations;” restrictio

I was inspired by a question asked by 100 Huntley Street this year. In a special broadcast from Ottawa with both the EFC’s president and director of public policy, the 100 Huntley team asked, “What are your hopes for Canada?” You can watch the inspiring responses of the EFC’s David Guretzki and Julia Beazley. We think this is a great question for all of us to reflect on and to guide our prayers. So, we asked the question more broadly, and these are some of the responses we