Bill C-9 has now passed in the House of Commons — but it still needs approval from the Senate, where it will first be studied and debated further. Many are deeply concerned about its potential implications for religious expression, and we share those concerns. Read more about CLF’s advocacy, and continued engagement, on this file.

On a crisp fall day in Vancouver, during a break at the CLF National Conference, a simple conversation sparked what would become a new and meaningful initiative within the Christian Legal Fellowship. … While CLF National has long demonstrated a strong commitment professional development of law students through initiatives like its national student conference and the Christian Legal Institute, we identified another need: a dedicated space for advocacy development. That realization led us to ask a simple but powerful question—what if CLF had its own moot?

Last week, Alberta tabled legislation which specifies that ending the life of a person who is not dying, or solely on the basis of a mental illness, is not health care. Under Bill 18, euthanasia (also known as “medical assistance in dying” or “MAID”) in these circumstances will not be permitted in Alberta’s healthcare system. It also clarifies that euthanasia will not be offered to children (a Parliamentary committee has recommended legalizing it for children who demonstrate “decision-making capacity”).