Published in National Post December 11, 2018 Barry W. Bussey “What we heard from faith-based groups,” explained Labour Minister Patty Hajdu, as reported by Maclean’s on Dec. 6, 2018, “is that they want to be very clear that this isn’t a judgement about what they believe.” She continued by saying,… More
The Canadian Council of Christian Charities is pleased that the Federal Government has removed the problematic 2018 values language in the 2019 Attestation for the Canada Summer Jobs program. This is a very positive move. It came as a result of hundreds of our members voicing their concerns to the… More
Brian Platt, of the National Post, has published the 2019 Attestation for the Canada Summer Jobs program. I am posting a copy of the form here; read the entire article here. We will be responding shortly. The 2019 attestation Below is the 2019 attestation in full, plus the eligibility criteria for… More
December 6 Update The initial news report appears to have been taken down. However, here is another story link. Original post: A news report was published today stating that the government has changed the wording of the Canada Summer Jobs application form so that “pro-abortion beliefs to funding eligibility is being dropped.” However,… More
So where does the goal stop? That was what we wanted to know when, as a child, I played hockey on Newfoundland’s wind-swept frozen ponds. We used our old rubber boots as the goal posts, but the longer the game went on, the more we were guilty of moving the opposing team’s posts further apart… More
TWU’s Board of Governors decided on Thursday, August 9, that its Community Covenant would no longer be mandatory. This is a dramatic turnabout given the long legal history of the Covenant. In 2001, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled that the BC College of Teachers’ opposition to the Covenant… More
CRA’s requirement that charities spend no more than 10% of their resources on political activity has been found by Justice Edward Morgan, of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, to be unconstitutional. Justice Morgan was emphatic. He did not allow the government any time to change the rule to be… More
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