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Religious Freedom in Canada

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.

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Media releases

15 June 2018

EFC and CHEC Disappointed With Supreme Court TWU Decision

OTTAWA, ON – In a complex split ruling released June 15, a majority of the...

31 May 2018

The EFC and CCRL welcome Supreme Court decision in Wall case

OTTAWA – Today, the Supreme Court affirmed in Wall v. Judicial Committee of the...

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Articles

12 November 2018

Three questions on the "P.T. v Alberta" schools case

We asked lawyer Albertos Polizogopoulos to explain the EFC's intervention in a new...

02 October 2018

Thinking ahead about state neutrality and religion in Canada

Text from a presentation by David Guretzki, EFC Executive VP & Resident Theologian,...

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Official statements

07 December 2018

The EFC responds to revised attestation for Canada Summer Jobs program

We are pleased and encouraged that the values test has been dropped from the Canada...

16 August 2018

On TWU making its covenant optional for students

The EFC responds to the news that Trinity Western University has decided to make its...

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Outgoing letters

26 June 2018

Letter to the Minister of Employment Calling for Substantive Change to the CSJ Attestation

Asking for “a real, substantive change to the attestation” required for the...

12 June 2018

Letter to all MPs on Canada Summer Jobs attestation

The EFC wrote to all MPs asking for changes to the problematic attestation procedure...

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Court cases

05 November 2018

P.T. et al v. Alberta [2018]

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.

14 June 2018

Trinity Western University School of Law [2013-2018]

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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