The Evangelical Fellowship (EFC) of Canada submitted a stakeholders report January 24 to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, for its 32nd session, March 3 – 21, 2025. Following is the beginning of the eight-page report. Report…
Roughly 40 percent of all charitable organizations in Canada are religious. Their status was threatened just before Christmas, when the Standing Committee on Finance released its “Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget” in the House of Commons on…
Two national initiatives this fall are well worth the attention of BC Christians. The Evangelical Fellowship will begin to keep a record of anti-Christian incidents, and Christian leaders are signing a declaration against antisemitism. Anti-Christian Incident Report The Evangelical Fellowship…
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) supports a groundbreaking international report that recognizes prostitution as a system of exploitation and violence. The report by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls recognizes that prostitution is both intrinsically linked…
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) posted a Canada Summer Jobs report April 13, responding to ongoing concerns raised by churches and ministries. A committee of MPs has just released a report on their study of the Canada Summer Jobs program. The…
The Liberal government introduced Bill C-63 to enact the Online Harms Act February 26. A CBC News article stated: The federal government introduced late last month its long-awaited Online Harms Bill, which proposes to police seven categories of harmful content…
As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches February 24, Christian leaders of Orthodox, Catholic, Evangelical and other faith traditions in Canada, together with the World Evangelical Alliance’s Peace & Reconciliation Network, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada,…
The Dundarave Festival of Lights in West Vancouver does an admirable job of combining seasonal and Christian elements. Their mission is “bringing light, goodness and beauty into the darkest days of the year,” while also adding ‘the ultimate Canadian Christmas’…
A special parliamentary committee is considering whether Canada is ready for the law on MAID for mental illness to take effect [March 17, 2024]. The EFC [Evangelical Fellowship of Canada] made a written submission on November 16 [below], describing the…
Canadians appear to be agreed that the Liberals are moving too fast in implementing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation, but the government is clearly determined to carry out its program. On October 18, most Liberals, supported by the Bloc…