The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) laments that Bill C-7 passed into law on March 17. This bill changed Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying (MAID) in crucial and tragic ways. It allows people who are not dying to… Read more →
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Around Town: Christ and Cosmos, Delta Hospice, Vulnerable Persons, CREATE
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
Dr. Deborah Haarsma will address issues of science and faith during three Regent College talks next week. Dr. David Robinson, Adjunct Professor of Theology and Ethics at Regent, described those talks and her work during an interview about the school’s… Read more →
MAiD in BC: ‘government destroying a sanctuary for dying patients’
by Peter Stockland • • 4 Comments
You might think the middle of a global pandemic is less than an ideal time to disrupt the operations of a hospice where palliative care patients receive comfort as they approach death. If so, you would not share the apparent… Read more →
Christian lawyers critique Bill C-7, urge ‘medical assistance in living’
by Christian Legal Fellowship • • 1 Comment
Last week I posted “Canadian religious leaders denounce Bill C-7: ‘Medical Assistance in Dying.’” The proposed legislation continues its progress through Parliament. Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF) has put a lot of work into analyzing the Bill and making creative suggestions… Read more →
Canadian religious leaders denounce Bill C-7: ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Representatives of wide range of religious groups in Canada sent a strong message to the Liberal government October 14, describing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation before Parliament as “more accurately, and tragically, nothing less than murder.” The same release… Read more →
Around Town: Delta Hospice, IDL cuts, street preachers, port pastors, albinism
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
The provincial NDP government is receiving lots of public support for their leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially that of spokesperson Dr. Bonnie Henry. I have no doubt that the Christian community is right in step with that view. However,… Read more →
Fraser Health’s Delta Hospice decision undermines personal responsibility
by Levi Minderhoud • • 1 Comment
Last month, Fraser Health followed through on an ultimatum to the Delta Hospice Society: provide Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) or lose funding. The Delta Hospice Society refused to compromise their principles that palliative care “intends neither to hasten or… Read more →
Christian Legal Fellowship defends human rights – for all faiths
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
The Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF) played a lead role in convincing the Canadian Bar Association to support religious freedom and oppose Quebec’s Bill 21, which prevents its citizens from wearing religious symbols in certain professional roles. A February 24 article… Read more →
Assisted suicide: federal bill, provincial agenda threaten sanctity of human life
by Flyn Ritchie • • 2 Comments
These are dark days for anyone concerned about the protection of life in Canada. We have no laws whatsoever to safeguard unborn children, and now both federal and provincial governments are pressing ahead with euthanasia. The Liberal Party has introduced… Read more →
Hospice resists imposition of ‘medical assistance in dying’
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
A Ladner hospice has offered to forgo $750,000 in provincial funding so that it will not be obliged to assist in ending the lives of any of their residents. The Delta Hospice Society is on the front lines of a… Read more →