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Health Canada Releases 6th Annual Report on MAID
December 3, 2025On November 28th, Health Canada released its 6th Annual Report on Medical Assistance in… Read More
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Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Child Pornography Struck Down
November 27, 2025In a 5-4 decision at the end of October, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down… Read More
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NDP MP Proposes New Crime of Downplaying Residential Schools
November 26, 2025Criminal hate speech laws are increasingly a topic of discussion in the House of… Read More
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Grassroots Campaign to Expand Worship Services in British Columbia
August 19, 2020Read More
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Further reflections and clarifications regarding mandatory masks in church
August 12, 2020By André Schutten On July 23rd I released a 20-minute video on the ARPA… Read More
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CBC’s strategic attack on Redeemer University
August 4, 2020CBC is at it again. Last week, I explained how CBC’s reporting on a… Read More
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A Christian wedding videographer and the media’s homophobia narrative
July 29, 2020On July 20, Ms. Hamstra, who operates Caramount Pictures, replied to an email request… Read More
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State and church authority in a pandemic – An interview with Professor Koyzis
July 21, 2020In We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God, David Koyzis… Read More
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The Key to Authority is the Office of Image Bearer – An Interview with Professor David Koyzis
July 17, 2020ARPA’s John Sikkema interviews David Koyzis In We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and… Read More
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Parental Rights and Education in Alberta: A Timeline of Success
July 9, 2020Real progress in education! The past two years on the Alberta education front have… Read More
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Counting the Cost of COVID Part IV: Forecasting our Financial Future
July 8, 2020In the last two blog posts on the financial effects of COVID, I compared… Read More
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Counting the Cost of COVID Part III: Evaluating Canada’s Current Deficit
July 2, 2020Updated July 8, 2020 My previous blog post in this series compared Canada’s current… Read More
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Reflections from a Christian patriot on Canada Day
June 30, 2020Happy Canada Day! Canada Day (or, for those who remember, Dominion Day as it… Read More
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Ruth the Can Collector: The Case for Restoring Old Testament Gleaning Principles
June 25, 2020If Ruth the Moabite lived today, she would probably have resorted to collecting empties… Read More
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Counting the Cost of COVID Part II: Comparing to Past Crises
June 24, 2020Updated July 8, 2020 In the first blog post in this series, I delved… Read More
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The Importance of Partisan Political Activity
June 23, 2020*As ARPA’s British Columbia Manager, I’m going to discuss involvement in party politics in… Read More
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Churches as unifiers should not be penalized for their effective contact tracing
June 19, 2020By pastor Gerrit Bruintjes and André Schutten For the past month, many religious leaders… Read More
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BC Cuts Funding to Independent Distributed Learning Schools
June 18, 2020Updated July 14, 2020 The year 2020 seems to be a year of almost… Read More
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Counting the Cost of COVID Part I: A Christian Introduction
June 17, 2020Months after governments declared public health emergencies, COVID still dominates headlines and lifestyles. We… Read More
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Smithers Residents Launch Letter-Writing Campaign to Town Council
June 16, 2020You are ARPA. ARPA is you. This tagline from ARPA’s intro video means that… Read More
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Canada’s lack of strategy in targeting COVID-19 led to unnecessary crisis in long-term care homes
June 3, 2020Long-term care facilities house some of our society’s most vulnerable: those who need help… Read More
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As COVID restrictions drag on, the civil government needs guidance from the instituted church
June 3, 2020I’m always moved when I read the introduction to the Belgic Confession in the… Read More
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Funding for Victims of Human Trafficking Quietly Removed
June 2, 2020In the midst of the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, the Canadian federal government has quietly… Read More
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Still glorious and free? The duty of each Christian to stand on guard for freedom in an age of unprecedented lock-down
June 2, 2020Read More
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Over 400 Ontario Churches Call on Premier to Allow a Gradual Reopening
May 29, 2020Several weeks ago, I wrote about the Church of God in Aylmer, Ontario –… Read More
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Professing progressivism for emergency loans?
May 20, 2020What is our government doing by requiring small businesses to confirm that they do… Read More
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Criminal charges withdrawn against street preacher David Lynn
May 20, 2020The Crown withdrew its criminal charges against David Lynn today, almost a year after… Read More
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Federal Euthanasia Survey Results: Support for Stronger Safeguards
May 15, 2020Earlier this year, we encouraged you to fill out the federal government’s survey about… Read More
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A Good News Story for Victims of Sexual Exploitation
May 7, 2020Good news in Alberta! Bill 8: Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act has recently… Read More
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What do greenhouses teach about COVID-19?
May 1, 2020Before the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I had only ever heard the concept of… Read More
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Holding Church in your Car? Not in Ontario!
April 29, 2020This past Sunday, April 26th a small congregation met in the lazy little town… Read More
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March… No, wait… Convoy for Life!
April 28, 2020Marches for Life across the country have been cancelled due to the prohibitions of… Read More
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British Columbia shows restraint in COVID-19 response
April 24, 2020ARPA as an organization talks about sphere sovereignty a lot. Sphere sovereignty, famously articulated… Read More
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Book Review: The Victory of Reason
April 15, 2020God has blessed Canada. Canada, along with Western countries, is consistently one of the… Read More
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Is Corporate Worship “Essential”? Some Biblical Considerations for the Church’s Response.
April 8, 2020Essential services are a hot topic right now, as everyone wonders whether their place… Read More
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Society waking up to what it means to think of others
April 2, 2020Just a few short weeks ago, we shared with you our grave concerns about… Read More
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Letter to Government Officials – hope and humility
March 31, 2020The following letter was sent by ARPA Canada to Canada’s federal and provincial government… Read More
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A Tale of Two Pandemics
March 27, 2020Every day, COVID-19 numbers make top headlines. So, you probably have some idea of… Read More
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Official House of Commons Petition for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Medication
March 20, 2020For those who have followed ARPA Canada’s work for some time, you may recall… Read More
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Federal Government Introduces Bill to Ban “Conversion Therapy”
March 11, 2020The federal Liberal government, as promised in their election platform, introduced a bill this… Read More
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Ontario court lets off two pimps, declares prostitution law unconstitutional
March 2, 2020In 2014, Parliament passed the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (Bill C-36)… Read More
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Government tables Bill C-7 to expand assisted suicide
February 25, 2020Yesterday, the federal government proposed legislative amendments to broaden eligibility for “Medical Assistance in… Read More
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Reflections on British Columbia’s Throne Speech and Budget
February 20, 2020Photo Credit: The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito British Columbia’s political culture doesn’t align with the… Read More