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“Douglas Todd on Canadian Evangelicalism.” Church & Faith Trends 1, no. 3 (July 2008). https://files.evangelicalfellowship.ca/min/rc/cft/V01I03/Douglas_Todd_On_Canadian_Evangelicalism.pdf. “Evangelicals and the Environment: Thoughts from CETA’s Outgoing President.” Church & Faith Trends 1, no. 3 (July 2008). https://files.evangelicalfellowship.ca/min/rc/cft/V01I03/Evangelicals_And_The_Environment.pdf. Hiemstra, Rick. “Evangelical Alignment in Canada.” Church & Faith Trends 1,

Legal Submissions (September 2006) Written legal arguments in the Spratt case. This case challenges the constitutionality of the B.C. law that prohibits protesting abortion within a certain bubble zone around abortion clinics. Spratt Factum, B.C. Court of Appeal, Sept 2006 Media Releases Alliance Before Appeal Court in Abortion Bubble Zone Case, 9/14/2007Alliance Files Factum in Abortion Bubble Zone Case, 9/18/2007

Three Parents Case The Supreme Court of Canada decided on September 13 not to hear the appeal of the Three Parent Case (AA v BB) from Ontario. In its decision, the court indicated it was not deciding whether or not the case presented "issues worthy of consideration by this Court or whether the Court of Appeal's judgment is well founded." The decision was only in regard to whether or not the Alliance for Marriage and the Family (AMF), of which the EFC was a member, could appe

Hiemstra, Rick. “Counting Canadian Evangelicals.” Church & Faith Trends 1, no. 1 (October 2007). http://files.efccanada.net/min/rc/cft/V01I01/Counting_Canadian_Evangelicals.pdf. Stackhouse Jr., John G. “Defining ‘Evangelical.’” Church & Faith Trends 1, no. 1 (October 2007). https://files.evangelicalfellowship.ca/min/rc/cft/V01I01/Defining_Evangelical.pdf. “Research News (1).” Church & Faith Trends 1, no. 1 (October 2007). https://files.evangelicalfellowship.ca/min/rc/cft/V01I

Legal Submissions (July 2002) Legal arguments before the Supreme Court of British Columbia on the definition of marriage. Supreme Court of British Columbia Appeal (2001) Legal arguments of the Interfaith Coalition for Marriage before the B.C. Court of Appeal on the definition of marriage. Interfaith Coalition Factum

Ontario Court of Appeal (January 2003) The factum of the Interfaith Coalition on Marriage and Family in Halpern v. Ontario, the marriage case before the Ontario court of appeal. Legal Submissions Intervention Factum Ontario Divional Court (2001) Legal arguments of the Inter-Faith Coalition on Marriage before the Ontario Divisional Court Legal Submissions Intervention Factum

The Supreme Court, by an eight to one majority, ordered the BCCT to approve TWU’s education program. The EFC was an intervenor and appeared before the Court in the case. The majority judgment states, “Absent concrete evidence that training teachers at TWU fosters discrimination in the public schools of B.C., the freedom of individuals to adhere to certain religious beliefs while at TWU should be respected.” The majority judgment said that “tolerance of divergent beliefs is a

(2001) The EFC intervened in the Latimer case before the Supreme Court of Canada. Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer was convicted of second degree murder in the death of his disabled daughter Tracy. Mr. Latimer appealed his conviction and sentence, arguing, among other things, that he should have been able to argue the defence of necessity before the lower court, essentially that he had no choice but to kill his daughter Tracy. The EFC joined Physicians for Life and the Chri

The EFC intervened in the Chamberlain v. Surrey School Board case before the B.C. Court of Appeal. The Surrey School Board refused to use three storybooks depicting same-sex parents approved for use in kindergarten and Grade 1 classrooms. A B.C. Supreme Court judge had overturned the decision because it was based on the concerns of religious parents and schools are to be run on a "strictly secular" basis under the B.C. Schools Act. The EFC and the Archdiocese of Vancouver arg