Take Action 2019: Learn more and take action on Conscience Rights in your province.
Religious freedom is critical to our quest to know and worship God. Living out our religious beliefs includes gathering together to worship God, teach, do good works, and share our faith. Religious freedom is the ability to hold religious beliefs and live them out, personally and in community, privately and publicly.
Canada is a nation in which people of different faiths live side by side. Canadian law and society recognize the significance of religious belief and practice. Freedom of conscience and religion are the first fundamental freedoms listed in Canada’s
Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
On May 15 the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld forced referral policies on medical...
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OTTAWA, ON – In a complex split ruling released June 15, a majority of the...
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Recently proposed updates to Bill C-6, which will outlaw conversion therapy, make the...
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Find out more about a new bill on conversion therapy, its problematic provisions and...
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Bill 21 was passed June 16, 2019. It prohibits government employees in a position of...
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We are pleased and encouraged that the values test has been dropped from the Canada...
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We asked Journey Canada why they are concerned with conversion therapy bans like Bill...
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David Guretzki considers the role of conscience in the life of the Christian, and what...
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EFC letter Oct. 2020: "Such a broad definition could infringe on religious...
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EFC President Bruce Clemenger sent a letter of congratulation after the federal...
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Religious freedom is critical to our quest to know and worship God. Living out our religious beliefs includes gathering together to worship God, teach, do good works, and share our faith.
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Religious freedom is critical to our quest to know and worship God. Living out our religious beliefs includes gathering together to worship God, teach, do good works, and share our faith.
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We asked Journey Canada why they are concerned with conversion therapy bans like Bill C-6.
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On March 9, the federal government introduced amendments to the Criminal Code to ban...
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The government bill to ban conversion therapy proposes an overly broad definition that needs to be amended. Use our sample letter to contact your MP.
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Submission of the EFC to a Calgary committee on proposed bylaw banning conversion therapy
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Six-page background paper, revised in August 2001, examines the issue of civil disobedience from a Christian perspective.
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Summarizes concerns with bans on conversion therapy and advises on communicating with elected officials on this sensitive issue.
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