Canada’s New Hate Bill & the Future of Religious Liberty
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“Canada’s House of Commons has advanced a bill to combat hatred, but it actually threatens religious liberty. Here’s why every Christian should pay attention.” - IFC
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Canada’s House of Commons has advanced a bill to combat hatred, but it actually threatens religious liberty. Here’s why every Christian should pay attention.” - IFC
“According to a recent article in The Atlantic, assisted suicide is now so popular in Canada that doctors cannot keep up with the demand.” - Breakpoint
“No country in the world has gone as far as Canada in enabling people to die if they want to. And a lot of Canadians want to.” - RNS
“Our election up here is over and the guys I voted for lost …. What exactly happened to bring the Liberal party from a 16% approval rating a few months ago to 43.7% of the total vote on election day?” - Don Johnson
“A tariff is a tax that is levied on goods exported by one country and imported by another. This tax is charged to the importer in the destination country and paid to that country’s government. Hence, when President Trump instituted tariffs on all goods crossing from Canada to the United States, it is American businesses that now have to pay a 25% tax and remit it to the U.S.
“Quebec’s National Assembly passed Bill 21 in 2019, which requires various public officials in authority — such as police officers or teachers — to refrain from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties.” - CPost
“it is illuminating to compare the United States and Canada, which share a continent and have their origin in America’s revolution 250 years ago. One accepted what may plausibly be called [classical] liberalism and the other rejected it. Hence, with many caveats, they can provide useful points of comparison, and give a cautionary tale.” - Providence
“Working alongside Liberty Coalition Canada are dozens of churches across the country, a number of small media outlets and at least one well-funded think-tank…. Several Canadian pastors in the movement also have ties to a controversial branch of evangelical Christianity in the U.S. known as reconstructionism.” - CBC
“To kick off this partnership, they conducted a survey of 742 Canadian Christians between the ages of 18 and 40 to learn more about what they currently think concerning climate change and how the church is already doing at addressing the issue.” - CToday
“As of March 17, 2021, the rules governing Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) law were loosened even further….one need not be terminally ill to request MAID.” - World
Related: The “Face of Assisted Death in Canada” - Breakpoint
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