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EFC President explains court decision and what’s next on 100 Huntley Street (Feb. 9, The Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) case led to the striking down of Canada’s laws that prohibit assisting someone to commit suicide. The federal government was given a deadline of Feb. 2016 to introduce legislation to regulate when and how assisted suicide can be legally practised. The government asked the court for a six-month extension on this deadline and eventually did pass legislati

The Canadian Bible Engagement Study is a ground-breaking study of 4,474 Canadians conducted by Vision Critical on their Angus Reid Forum. The study data was gathered in late 2013 and released to the public May 1, 2014. The study was sponsored by The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the Canadian Bible Forum with funding participation from Stronger Together Grants. This major Canadian research project released two main reports. Confidence, Conversation and Community: Bible

Case Summary In September 2010, Justice Susan Himel of the Ontario Superior Court effectively struck down the Criminal Code provisions dealing with living on the avails (proceeds) of prostitution, keeping a common bawdy house (brothel), and communicating for the purposes of prostitution in the case of Bedford v. Attorney-General of Canada. That decision was appealed to the Ontario Court of Appeal where five judges heard the appeal and decided: 1. The federal government had tw

Case Summary The Cuthberton v. Rasouli case was about an Ontario man who became comatose following complications with minor brain surgery. At the time the legal proceedings began his physicians determined that he was in a persistent vegetative state, had no hope of recovery and should be withdrawn from life support. His family, including his wife who is a physician, disagreed with the diagnosis and sought an injunction to prevent the physicians from unilaterally removing Mr.

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada was granted leave to intervene by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott case which was heard on October 12, 2011. This case involves the expression of religious comment in public policy dialogue. The EFC, along with a large number of other interveners, was granted permission to make written and verbal arguments to the Court. The EFC's arguments were made by EFC Vice-President and Genera

This document provides a compilation of data from recognized polling and survey companies on the topic of abortion for the period of 2007-2012. The data has been organized topically, with endnotes providing reference information at the end of the document. It is hoped that this document will assist readers with drafting of articles, columns and blogs as well as preparation for interviews and debates. Information regarding the number of surveyed participants, the year the surv

Purchase the resource at hemorrhagingfaith.com A Canadian report hears from youth and suggests ways to reverse the trend. Only one in three Canadian young adults who attended church weekly as a child still do so today. Of the young adults who no longer attend church, half have also stopped identifying themselves with the Christian tradition in which they were raised. There are four primary toxins that keep young people from engaging with the church: Hypocrisy, judgement, excl

Hiemstra, Rick. “A Statistical Profile of Canadian Wesleyan Movement Congregations, 2000–2011.” Church & Faith Trends 5, no. 1 (June 2012). https://files.evangelicalfellowship.ca/min/rc/cft/V05I01/A%20Statistical%20Profile%20of%20Canadian%20Wesleyan%20Movement%20Congregations,%202000-2011.pdf. Malloy, Jonathan. “The Blaikie Report: An Insider’s Look at Faith and Politics by Bill Blaikie and Pulpit and Politics: Competing Religious Ideologies in Canadian Political Life by Denn

Case Summary S.L. v. Commission scolaire des Chênes (hereafter, the "Drummondville" case), a case originating in Quebec, addressed whether parents have the right to choose the kind of education their children will receive, particularly in regard to religious instruction. The case cut to the core of what freedom of religion and conscience and parental authority mean in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision in the case on February 17, 2012. Read our media re