On June 1, 2023, CLF submitted a written brief responding to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief’s call for input on the topic of “promotion of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, or belief at the national and local level”. The submissions received by the Special Rapporteur will inform her report to the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

As part of its special consultative status, CLF is required to submit a “Quadrennial Report” to the United Nations every four years. CLF’s latest report highlights its extensive work promoting fundamental freedoms and human rights.

A new Quebec directive orders all school service centres subject to the Education Act to “ensure that in each of their schools and in each of their centres that no location is used, both in fact and in appearance, for the purposes of religious practices such as overt prayers or other similar practices”

Parliament’s Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying has released its final report. It recommends allowing MAID for children “deemed to have the requisite decision-making capacity”, even where the child’s parents or guardians may object. The report also supports expanding MAID for adults whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental disorder. Finally, the report recommends expanding MAID for incapacitated patients who make an “advance request”.

Reflections on what Christmas truly means: the arrival and fulfillment of perfect justice.

Today, the federal government announced that it intends to delay the expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) for mental illness.

On November 7 to 10 and 16, 2022, the Quebec Court of Appeal heard the constitutional challenge to the province’s law on secularism (“laïcité”), Bill 21. This report provides a high-level overview of some of the main arguments presented to the Court as they relate to freedom of religion in Canada.

On November 7 to 10 and 16, 2022, the Quebec Court of Appeal heard the constitutional challenge to the province’s law on secularism (“laïcité”), Bill 21. This report provides a high-level overview of some of the main arguments presented to the Court as they relate to freedom of religion in Canada.

The WMA recently updated its ethical code and has also reaffirmed its opposition to euthanasia. How might this inform health law and policy in Canada?

Dès le lundi 7 novembre, la Cour d’appel du Québec entendra la contestation constitutionnelle du projet de loi 21 du Québec. L’Alliance des chrétiens en droit (ACD), l’association nationale de professionnels du droit chrétiens, a été autorisée à intervenir dans le litige.

Beginning Monday, November 7, the Quebec Court of Appeal will hear the constitutional challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21. Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF), Canada’s national association of Christian legal professionals, has been granted leave to intervene in the litigation.

This year marked Christian Legal Fellowship’s fifth Annual Symposium on Religion, Law & Human Rights, held at the Peter A. Allard School of Law (University of British Columbia). Each year, academics, jurists, lawyers, and law students present cutting-edge research on legal issues with pressing societal implications and on under-examined constitutional matters, especially under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

CLF's Executive Director Derek Ross was recently invited to appear before Parliament's Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying. Derek shared concerns that "palliative care and disability supports were not accessible in hundreds of MAID cases thus far, according to Health Canada".

“For me, the life of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace…is an inspiration and an anchor in my life. A role-model of reconciliation and forgiveness, he stretched out his hands in love, acceptance and healing. Christ’s example has taught me to seek to respect and value all people of whatever faith or none.”

On 22 June 2022, Parliament’s Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, released its interim on medical assistance in dying where a mental disorder is the sole underlying medical condition. This article summarizes the report and its potential implications for Canadian law and policy.

The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) has released its final report on the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA). CLF submitted a detailed legal brief to the committee, discussing the relationship between human trafficking, exploitation, and prostitution, emphasizing the ways that the PCEPA fulfills Canada’s international legal obligations to combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation. This overview summarizes the Committee’s report and 17 recommendations.

CLF is excited to announce the publication of Forgotten Foundations of the Canadian Constitution (LexisNexis Canada), an edited collection of papers presented at CLF’s 2021 Annual Academic Symposium.

From April 29 to May 2, Christian lawyers and law students from across Canada came together at the 2022 CLF National Law Student Conference in Vancouver.

LexisNexis Canada is publishing a collection of essays presented at CLF’s 2021 Academic Symposium on Religion, Law & Human Rights.

Christian Legal Fellowship has submitted a brief to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying.