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The EFC sent a written submission to a special committee of MPs and Senators studying MAiD for mental illness on April 20, 2026. The law allowing eligibility for MAiD on the basis of mental illness will come into effect on March 17, 2027, unless a bill is passed to stop the expansion. The special joint committee's study was mandated in a previous bill that delayed the expansion until 2027. The committee report is due back to Parliament by October 2. In its brief, the EFC urge

Providence Health Care is being taken to court by a family and some euthanasia advocates who are challenging the B.C. government policy which allows faith-based facilities not to provide euthanasia. The government of B.C. recognized the distinctive ethos of faith-based care institutions and developed an agreement with a group of them that “preserves the respective religious missions and values of the founding owners and sponsors of their health care facilities in the provinc

Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, is now in the Senate. What’s different about the Senate and how can we engage? Just to recap, the Jewish community has been asking for changes to criminal law in the face of an alarming rise in antisemitism. Bill C-9 defines hatred and creates new criminal offences to protect access to religious and cultural sites and services. While Bill C-9 was being reviewed by the House of Commons Justice Committee, a change was passed to remove the reli

Alberta Bill 18, Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act, was introduced on March 18, 2026 and passed on April 22, 2026. This bill puts in place additional safeguards for euthanasia in Alberta. The proposed safeguards include: limiting MAiD to adults whose natural death is expected within 12 months requiring medical practitioners provide information about MAiD only at the patient's request no eligibility for MAiD when mental illness is the sole underlying medical

The Justice Committee’s changes to Bill C-9 were tabled in the House of Commons today. The next step will be one day of debate and votes on the committee’s changes on Monday, March 23. This is the second last step the bill goes through in the House of Commons. New changes to the bill can be proposed and voted on at this stage, although the time to do so will be very short. We’d like to focus on three points about the Justice Committee’s changes. 1. The committee tightened the

[Note: the motion to limit debate on Bill C-9 was passed on March 10, 2026] The government has given notice of a motion to close the debate on Bill C-9, the hate crimes bill. (See the full text of the motion, below.) On Monday, March 9, the House of Commons will debate and vote on a motion that would stop further debate on changes to Bill C-9. The motion directs the Justice Committee to vote on changes that have already been proposed without further debate. According to the m

A new committee of MPs and Senators is being formed to study MAiD for mental illness. This was required in the last bill that delayed MAiD for mental illness until 2027. The committee is to be set up by Feb. 28 and will report back to Parliament with recommendations by Oct. 2, 2026. The government has delayed MAiD for mental illness when past committees have recommended delays. Please pray. Bill C-218, an individual MP’s bill to stop MAiD for mental illness alone, is now expe

→ le français suit As we approach the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the twelfth anniversary of its illegal occupation of Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine, we once again address Canadian Christians with urgency, grief, and hope. Download the full statement PDF, signed by The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Canadian Council of Churches, and the WEA Peace and Reconciliation Network. The statement is also available on the CCC website.