Canada, to its shame, offers no legal protection for children right up until the day they are born. Our politicians and our media elite ignore that reality – but we are fortunate that a few heroes keep up the seemingly hopeless…
Trinity Western University president Bob Kuhn is pleased with the BC Court of Appeal’s November 1 decision, which rejected an attempt by the Law Society of BC to prevent potential graduates of the law school from practicing in this province.…
More than 100 churches, business and ministries contacted the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) over the Christmas holidays because they were concerned about how new changes to the Canada Summer Jobs grant program might affect them. The EFC has posted this…
A couple of weeks ago I posted this statement from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC): Canada Summer Jobs program guidelines threaten religious freedom. It pointed out: . . . This policy change would mean that to be eligible for…
The Christian Legal Fellowship National Conference will be held in the Vancouver area early this fall, bringing together lawyers, law students and others from across the country. While the event is, of course, mainly oriented towards those in the legal…
Easter approaches, and with it much beautiful music. This year, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion must surely be the most eagerly awaited by those who appreciate sacred/classical music. The Vancouver Bach Choir, with help from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, will present…
The BC Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $8,500 to a Christian job applicant after finding that a wilderness adventure tour company injured her “dignity and self-respect.” The case gained considerable media attention in the fall of 2014 when Bethany Paquette…
Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom took part in Our Whole Society at UBC Robson Square late last month. Andrew Bennett ably explained his mandate to promote religious freedom in the face of “barbaric persecution” by ISIS/ISIL and in many other…
Benjamin Perrin has written the book on human trafficking in Canada (Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking) and still focuses some of his time on the issue as an associate professor of law at UBC. So it is…
“We don’t know what will happen, but God does.” So said Fr. Richard Soo at an Ecumenical Prayer Rally for Peace and Human Rights in Hong Kong, in front of the Chinese Consulate last Saturday (October 4). Numbers are down at…