Mission Possible is aiming to raise $150,000 through a fundraiser which kicks off June 11 with the Cleanest Day of the Year. The goal is to support 30 people in their Employment Readiness Program in the Downtown Eastside. Participant Jacqueline…
The president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau April 7 regarding the recently announced Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Langevin Block Ottawa, Ontario K1A…
Imagine a situation where a gay couple was told they could not adopt a child because they were gay, or a Muslim couple told the same thing. . . . The outcry from the public, specific interest groups and civil…
The deadline to apply for Canada Summer Jobs grants has been extended to February 9 as the Liberal government is facing strong opposition from religious and other groups. Bruce Clemenger, president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) wrote this…
Rapper Kendrick Lamar is asking for prayer, so you can engage with him whether you go to see him in concert August 2 at Rogers Arena or not. Just a couple of weeks ago, Jon Caramanica wrote in The New York…
Should the new St. Paul’s building accommodate MAiD [Medical Assistance in Dying]? Can city councils continue to open their deliberations with prayer? Does the Canada Summer Jobs granting process still discriminate against religious groups? What about public Christmas celebrations? A…
Janet Epp Buckingham is Canadian, but the wider world is often on her mind. Last July she became Director of Global Advocacy for the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). “In my role with the World Evangelical Alliance, we are taking the…
Like the Liberal government, the powers that be at CBC News haven’t taken much time to acquaint themselves with the Freedom Convoy people who have been occupying the centre of Ottawa. But they’ve finally made an exception, finding quite a…
A Cardus report released February 9 – Reasonable Limits: How Far Does Religious Freedom Go in Canada? – considers how to lessen the polarization surrounding issues of religious freedom. Following are the Executive Summary and a portion of the Conclusion.…
Canada’s finance minister has been instructed to make “anti-abortion groups who provide dishonest counseling to pregnant women about their rights and options” ineligible for charitable status. The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) is concerned that this may single out groups…