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Alberta Moves to Protect Professionals’ Freedom of Expression
January 20, 2026Alberta gave some beleaguered professions a Christmas present last month in passing its Regulated Professions Neutrality… Read More
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Quebec Further Limiting Public Religion
December 17, 2025We are approaching Christmas, where Christians celebrate the birth of Christ. Increasingly, Canadians don’t understand the true… Read More
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British Columbia and Manitoba Strengthen Legislation Combatting Pornography
December 16, 2025As we’ve noted many times before, Canada has permissive pornography laws that are weakly enforced. Despite this reality, Parliament has considered several bills to protect… 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
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A breach in Wall: New court ruling casts shadow on church independence
February 14, 2020In 2018, we told you about a Supreme Court case called Wall v Highwood… Read More
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Opportunities for Partisan Political Action in British Columbia in 2020
January 22, 2020Since its inception, ARPA Canada has chosen to be non-partisan. This allows ARPA as… Read More
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Participate in the Government’s Euthanasia Consultations
January 15, 2020Canada’s law on Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) or euthanasia will be changing soon,… Read More
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ARPA Press release: A.B. v. C.D. Father did not commit family violence
January 14, 2020OTTAWA, ON – The British Columbia Court of Appeal released its judgment today in A.B…. Read More
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Euthanasia is increasing organ donations. What should we do?
January 10, 2020Because the time, place, and means of medically assisted deaths are pre-planned, euthanasia makes… Read More
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A year-end message from ARPA’s Executive Director
December 31, 2019As this year and decade comes to a close are you feeling somewhat fearful… Read More
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Edmonton ‘conversion therapy’ bylaw could penalize churches
December 18, 2019Last week, Edmonton City Council officially banned “conversion therapy”. The decision was swift and… Read More
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Busting Myths on ARPA’s Position on Conversion Therapy
December 17, 2019After our Facebook live discussion of conversion therapy, we received some negative feedback from… Read More
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Euthanasia: Permitted not Mandated
December 13, 2019Recent news articles have recounted the fight between Fraser Health and the Irene Thomas… Read More
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Press Release: Will the throne speech address assisted suicide?
December 5, 2019For immediate release from the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Canada December 5,… Read More
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What’s going on with Bill 207, Alberta’s conscience rights bill?
November 29, 2019*UPDATE (added Dec. 5): On Monday, December 2, while MLA Dan Williams was… Read More
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Why liberalism and conservatism are both (mostly) wrong: Politics from a Christian worldview
November 28, 2019The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms acknowledges the “supremacy of God”. Many see… Read More
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Dispelling myths about Alberta’s conscience rights bill
November 20, 2019Bill 207, tabled by Alberta MLA Dan Williams, now faces fierce opposition…. Read More
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PolicyReport-ConversionTherapy
November 19, 2019Read More
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Toronto Catholic School Board includes ‘Gender Identity’ and ‘Gender Expression’ in its Code of Conduct
November 13, 2019In a meeting last week that went into the early hours of the morning,… Read More
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New Alberta bill offers robust protections for freedom of conscience
November 7, 2019We have encouraging news. Dan Williams, MLA for Peace River, Alberta,… Read More
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Defending Legislative Prayer in British Columbia
October 22, 2019We are blessed to live in a province that recognizes the importance of prayer…. Read More
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Responding to Proposals to Ban Conversion Therapy
October 2, 2019Canada and British Columbia are not strangers to the controversy around gender and sexuality…. Read More
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B.C.’s highest court says 14-year-old can continue hormone treatment, despite gaps in risk disclosure
September 11, 2019The B.C. Gender Clinic’s “Informed Consent Form” for “hormone therapy” is both inadequate and… Read More
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ARPA Gives Oral Arguments in Critical Court Case
September 10, 2019Read More
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NB: Should vaccines be mandatory? Have your say!
August 23, 2019Backgrounder: In June, 2019 the Government of New Brunswick introduced Bill 39. This bill… Read More
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Ontario government releases updated 2019 sex-ed curriculum
August 23, 2019Some improvements made to the curriculum, but concerns remain By André Schutten & Ed… Read More
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ARPA Approved to Intervene in B.C. Transgender Child Court Case
August 22, 2019Earlier this year, a British Columbia judge decided that a 14-year-old girl could receive… Read More
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A Cause for Celebration?
July 25, 2019“A celebration. A protest. A party. A place to take up space. An opportunity… Read More
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Pastor preaches gospel. People react. Police arrest pastor.
July 12, 2019This week (July 10) pastor David Lynn appeared in court for the second time…. Read More
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Merging palliative care and MAiD
July 10, 2019Increasing pressure on palliative care providers to offer assisted suicide and euthanasia At a… Read More
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Bill Hate? Bill Straight? Or Bill Dictate?
July 8, 2019This video brings back memories. Just the mention of those 28 private schools… Read More
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Gender politics in classrooms is hurting kids
July 5, 2019Teaching little boys and girls that they’re neither: Gender politics in classrooms is hurting… Read More
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A Tribute to Mark Warawa
June 20, 2019I first met Mark Warawa the day that I stepped into his parliamentary… Read More
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Gender, politics, and censorship at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
June 20, 2019Morgane Oger, Vice-President of B.C. NDP and 2017 provincial candidate in Vancouver … Read More
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Ontario’s Highest Court Finds a Way Around Physicians’ Freedom of Conscience and Religion
May 31, 2019Bodes ill for future fundamental freedom cases Back in 2008, the College of… Read More
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Together, we championed pre-born human rights during Life Week 2019
May 23, 2019What an incredible amount of progress is being made as we work to advance… Read More
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Do Not Bow Down: What the LSO Bencher Election Teaches Us About Being a “Certain” Christian
May 22, 2019Guest blog by Lia Milousis On April 30th, 2019, the Law Society of Ontario… Read More