Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Agriculture
- Arts and Culture
- Broadcasting
- Consumer Issues
- Education
- Employment and Training
- Environment
- Foreign Affairs
- Health
- Immigration
- International Relations
- Issues of importance to Evangelicals as Canadaians
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Refugees - Iraq
- Religion
- Religious Freedom - Egypt
- Science and Technology
- Taxation and Finance
- Telecommunications
Subject matters added through a monthly communication report
- Constitutional Issues
- Housing
- Mining
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Bill C-212: An Act to amend the Income tax Act with regard to in-home care of relatives.
- Bill C-246: An Act to amend the Criminal Code with regard to child sexual predators.
- Bill C-268: An Act to amend the Criminal Code with regard to minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years.
- Bill C-269: An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (victim - trafficking in persons)
- Bill C-293, Development Assistance Accountability Act, in respect of ensuring that all Canadian official development assistance abroad is provided with a central focus on poverty reduction.
- Bill C-300: An Act respecting Corporate Accountability with regard to the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries.
- Bill C-304: An Act to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing for Canadians with regard to those living in poverty or under homeless conditions.
- Bill C-384: An Act to amend the Criminal Code with regard to right to die with dignity.
- Bill C-393: An Act to amend the Patent Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act with regard to drugs for international humanitarian purposes.
- Bill C-58: An Act with regard to the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service.
- Bill S-209: An Act to amend the Criminal Code with regard to protection of children.
- Bill S-218, Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking Act, with regard to the assisting and protecting victims of human trafficking who are without legal status in Canada.
- Bill S-223: An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to enact certain other measures with regard to providing assistance and protection to victims of human trafficking
- Motion M-386: a motion that recommends that the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities examine current federal support measures with regards to assisting challenges
of adoptive parents.
- Motion M-388: A motion that calls upon the government to ensure that counselling a person to commit suicide or aiding or abetting a person to commit suicide is an offence under section 241 of the Criminal Code - with regard to prevention of suicide councelling.
Policies or Program
- Aboriginal Affairs: As it pertains to poverty, faith, and Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Regulation
- Broadcasting: As it pertains to faith, or religious freedom, particularly Public Notice CRTC 1993-78.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
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communication to members
Government Institutions
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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Environment Canada
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
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Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Members of the House of Commons
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
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Revenue Canada (RC)
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Senate of Canada
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada is a national association of protestant evangelicals that purposes to encourage, co-ordinate and faciliate the advancement, teaching, demonstration and implementation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ by studying and promoting the application of an evangelical understanding of biblical principles to life and society, to communicate an understanding by evangelicals concerning the relevancy of faith to mattes of social responsibility, to promote respect for religious liberty for all. to reseach, to provide information.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
BRUCE CLEMENGER,
PRESIDENT
Organization's membership or classes of membership
The affiliates of EFC include denominations, ministry organizations, institutions of higher learning and churches.
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
MIP Box 3745
Markham, ON L3R 0Y4
Canada
Telephone number:
905-479-5885
Fax number:
905-479-4742
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- JULIA BEAZLEY,
Research and Project Coordinator |
No public offices held
- BRUCE CLEMENGER,
PRESIDENT |
No public offices held
- DON HUTCHINSON,
General Legal Counsel |
No public offices held
- ANITA LEVESQUE,
Admistrator / Researcher |
No public offices held
- FAYE SONIER,
Associate Legal Counsel |
No public offices held