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The EFC made a submission to the federal Department of Finance in its March 2025 pre-budget consultation on what should be in Budget 2025. The EFC’s brief urged the finance department to reject two of the recommendations of the House of Commons finance committee dealing with charitable status. The EFC’s brief emphasized the importance of the charitable sector and the benefits of religious charities to Canadian society. It also urged the department not to politicize charities

Ask your Member of Parliament to support advancing religion as a charitable purpose. Note: the Finance Minister confirmed in November 2025 that the government “is not considering amending the Income Tax Act to remove the advancement of religion as a qualifying charitable purpose, nor is it actively developing policy on this issue.” A Finance Department email to the EFC in November 2025 echoed this message. Some key points you can use The House of Commons finance committee re

This article is reprinted with permission from Faith Today (Mar/Apr 2025). →en français. Watch a video message based on this column According to my Aeroplan loyalty program statement, I’m a frequent flyer. I’ve almost never feared for my life on airline flights. But there was one white-knuckle trip into Toronto when extreme rain, crosswinds and turbulence caused us to hit the runway violently, only to take off again because, the pilot calmly explained later, we had been blown

Guretzki, David. “The Loss of Moral Ultimacy in Life and Death Policy: Analyzing Public Debate on Bill C-7’s Expanded Access to MAID.” Church & Faith Trends 6, no. 1 (February 2025). https://files.evangelicalfellowship.ca/min/rc/cft/V06I01/Loss_of_Moral_Ultimacy_CFT_V06I01_Feb2025_Guretzki.pdf. Hiemstra, Rick, and Lindsay Callaway. “Operationalizing Evangelicals in a North American Context.” Church & Faith Trends 6, no. 1 (February 2025). https://files.evangelicalfellowship.c

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls issued a call for submissions for her report on forms of sex-related violence. The EFC and the World Evangelical Alliance jointly submitted a written brief to the Special Rapporteur. It identified concerns and recommended responses to address forms of image-based sexual abuse, such as online pornography, posting of intimate images without consent, distribution of child abuse images, sextortion and AI generated ima

Download the full, four-page PDF of the Feb/Mar 2025 issue, or read the main story below. Aussi disponible en français. Churches and other faith-based charities foster hope, mutual support and belonging. They help make our communities more resilient and remind us of our purpose in living and our hope for the future. But a parliamentary committee has made recommendations that would, if adopted, devastate many religious charities and destabilize the charitable sector. The propo

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

"The Impact of Medical Assistance in Dying on People with Disabilities" is a stakeholders report submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, for its 32nd session. This EFC report provides information and recommendations to the Government of Canada on the impact of Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) regime on people with disabilities, its disproportionate impact on women with disabilities, and its consequences for the right to life. Downl

Les églises et autres organisations caritatives confessionnelles favorisent l'espoir, le soutien mutuel et l'appartenance. Elles contribuent à rendre nos communautés plus résilientes et nous rappellent le but de notre vie et notre espoir en l'avenir. Mais un comité parlementaire a formulé des recommandations qui, si elles étaient adoptées, dévasteraient de nombreuses organisations caritatives religieuses et déstabiliseraient le secteur caritatif. Les propositions supprimeraie