The EFC made a submission to the federal Department of Finance in its August 2025 pre-budget consultation on what should be in Budget 2025. The EFC’s brief has six recommendations, including that the government:
- maintain the advancement of religion as a charitable purpose
- avoid politicizing charitable status
- increase the budget of the Canada Community Security program to help protect places of worship
- establish a permanent national strategy to combat human trafficking
- fund exit supports and services for individuals in prostitution and for initiatives to increase public awareness of the prostitution laws.
- work with provinces and territories to increase the availability and accessibility of palliative care.
Read the EFC's full five-page submission
here.