In Depth:  Canada

Legislation being proposed by the Canadian government is potentially ‘fascist’, psychologist and author Jordan Peterson is warning.

Writing in the UK’s Telegraph online, he declares: ‘New legislation proposed by the government mandates the generation of a soon-to-be giant bureaucracy to monitor and punish in an extra-judicial manner so-called “crimes of hate”, soon [to be] defined as any speech or act that the bureaucrats and corporations in charge of the definition themselves object to.

letter from Canada

Hospitality appears to be one of many natural outpourings in response to encountering the saving grace of Christ.

In Acts 16 Lydia, the seller of purple goods, opens her home to Paul and Silas after the Lord opened her heart. Only a few verses later, the Philippian jailer is washing the wounds of Paul and Silas and bringing them into his home to feed them, all the while rejoicing in his new-found faith in Christ. Something happens when we meet Jesus; we begin to love our neighbour.

letter from Canada

Fourteen months ago, I arrived in Vancouver to take on a role at St John’s Anglican Church (formerly known as St John’s Shaughnessy).

For Anglicans, this church will stir up various associations; the home of J.I. Packer, the Rector David Short who spoke at the ReNew Conference and Bible by the Beach, and the strong connections with GAFCON.

Canadian lawmakers have passed a motion banning the practice of ‘conversion therapy’, in a rare show of unanimity in the country’s parliament.

A surprise move by the opposition Conservatives to fast-track the legislation prompted applause in the House of Commons. A handful of Liberal cabinet ministers hugged their Conservative colleagues after the vote.