All posts tagged Bill C-51

November 9, 2017

Criminal Code protections for clergy, worship services to be retained

CANADA – Contentious plans to remove protections from the Criminal Code preventing interference with clergy and the disturbance of worship services have been reversed, following a vote by the Standing Committee of Justice and Human Rights on November 8, 2017. The proposed changes had been…

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July 10, 2017

Criminal code change may affect churches

OTTAWA — Before Parliament recessed for summer, the Liberal government introduced Bill C-51: “An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act.” The goal of the legislation is to update Canada’s Criminal Code. However,…

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