Feature: Government to remove criminal law prohibition on disrupting church services.

News:

Partial Conscience Protection in Manitoba: Government allows hospitals to refuse euthanasia.

ARPA and the Trinity Western University case: ARPA files paperwork for a Supreme Court appearance.

The Politics of Google: noted pro-life apologist speaks at Google headquarters.

Feature:  Phil Hills from the Association of Christian Schools International, on an attempt by a School Board in Alberta to censor the use of Scripture that may be considered “offensive”.

News:

Doctors sue Ontario government to defend the right to refuse to kill their own patients

Pro-life activist publishes argument in National Post for free votes on abortion in the House of Commons

So-called “transgender rights” bill C-16 becomes law despite grave concerns about restrictions on free speech

"Canada's past was pro-life. Canada's present is pro-choice. Canada's future is up to us." Pro-life group launches speaking tour for Canada’s 150th birthday

Sharing the Word of God with every Canadian politician: 1,200 Bibles to be distributed this year.

Feature: Bruce Clemenger from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada discusses a court case that kicks off in Toronto today (June 13th) arguing that doctors’ conscience rights should be protected. 

News:

ARPA wins abortion censorship case – ARPA has won a major legal victory against the censorship of abortion statistics in Ontario

Parliament produces impotent porn report - Parliament’s Health Committee tables a disappointing report on the public health impacts of online pornography

Alberta education letter campaign hits roadblock – A disappointing turn of events in the Alberta education controversy

This week, a special, full-edition feature interview with Don Hutchinson. His name is familiar to many of our regular listeners, mostly from his time as Vice-President and General Legal Counsel for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. Don studied history and politics at Queen’s University and law at the University of British Columbia.

Before he went to the Evangelical Fellowship, Don spent fifteen years in leadership with The Salvation Army, and consulted with World Vision Canada. When he wrapped up his time with the EFC, Don served as interim National Director/CEO with Canadian Bible Society.

Right now, he's serving as the principal of an organization called Ansero, a ministry focused on facilitating partnerships for Christians engaged on issues of religious freedom in Canada and those working on behalf of the global persecuted Church. And now, he's also written a book.

Feature: The Supreme Court of Canada will be considering a case that has profound implications for matter of church discipline. On the feature this week, ARPA lawyer John Sikkema, on the principles underlying the case.

News:

Respectfully Submitted: ARPA is out with a new Respectfully Submitted policy report – this one focusing on pre-born human rights.

Conscience Protection: Manitoba introduces a specific “conscience protection” law for doctors unwilling to perform euthanasia.

Crisis Pregnancy Centres: Pro-life blogger Patricia Maloney has been busy debunking some popular myths about Crisis Pregnancy Centres.

New Lawyer: ARPA is bringing a third lawyer on staff.

GGY17: A final look back at this month’s God and Government Youth Conference.

Feature: This week, we speak with an icon of Canadian conservatism, especially well-known in western Canada. Former Alberta Report publisher Ted Byfield weighs in on the education controversies in Alberta, and the federal Conservative leadership race.

News:

Notwithstanding clause may be used to protect religious education: Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has threatened to invoke the “notwithstanding clause” on a court ruling involving Catholic education.

More problems with inappropriate content in Alberta education: More inappropriate content on a government-approved education website in Alberta.

#GGY2017: And a look ahead to this week’s God and Government youth conference in Ottawa.

This week, a very special edition of Lighthouse News.

The ballots for the federal Conservative Party leadership race were mailed out last week.

ARPA is not taking any formal position on who should win the race; the organization has not endorsed any particular candidate(s). But our supporters have been asking us for our opinions on who their "top ten" candidates should be on the ranked ballot. We're not answering that question; certainly not in any formal organizational way.

But there are three candidates who are perceived to be the most friendly to the issues that are important to ARPA as an organization; issues ranging from parental rights to free speech to pre-born human rights. Two of them because they have expressly talked about these issues as part of their leadership campaigns, and a third because of his voting record in the House of Commons.

Those three candidates, in alphabetical order, are Pierre Lemieux, Andrew Scheer, and Brad Trost. This week, we managed to get all three of them together for a special, full-edition episode of Lighthouse News.

** At one point in the interview, Mr. Trost makes an incorrect reference to a list of “ratings” of candidates published by We Need a Law. No such list exists.

Feature: This week, we speak with ARPA Executive Director Mark Penninga about a controversy that erupted in Red Deer, Alberta over a pro-life presentation at a local Catholic high school.

News:

Summer student job funding pulled from pro-life group: Ottawa applies an ideological purity test to summer student job funding; pro-life groups need not apply.

A useless amendment masquerading as a bold defence of religious freedom: The Ontario PC Party proposed a toothless amendment to Bill 89 and the new Child and Family Services Act.

Easter bunny goes to court: A lawsuit over government insistence that foster children be taught “the truth” about the Easter Bunny.

Introducing ARPA Canada’s new Alberta Director: ARPA has filled its Alberta Director position.

Feature: This week, a look at the theology that drives Christian opposition to euthanasia and support for palliative care.  Our guest is Dr. Theodore Van Raalte, a professor of ecclesiology and ethics at the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Ontario.

ARPA lawyer presents to Ontario committee on bill extending gender ideology into family law: Debate on Ontario’s efforts to re-write child and family law is coming down to the wire.

Push for parental rights in Alberta continues: Another push for parental rights in Alberta's education system.

WeNeedaLAW staff present to Parliament committee: A Parliamentary Committee has heard a call for improved maternity benefits.

Status of Women minister refuses to call sex-selective abortion violence against women: A testy exchange in Parliament’s Status of Women Committee on whether sex-selective abortion constitutes violence against women.

This week, a special, full-edition feature interview with Susan Zuidema. Susan is a public school teacher in Brantford, Ontario. She and co-author Charlotte Goulding have written a new book; a Christian critique of the gender and sexual identity ideology embedded in today’s public education system, particularly in the new Ontario sex-education program.