OTTAWA – Liberal MP Scott Simms defied his party and voted against the government as a Conservative motion to drop the Canada Summer Jobs attestation requirement was defeated March 19 in a packed House of Commons.

OTTAWA – Legal action is not off the table for charities and groups that have asked the government for accommodation of their Charter rights in the Canada Summer Jobs controversy.

We live in a country where we are told what to believe, we are pressured to conform, and our religious freedoms are gradually being taken away.

Changes to the Canada Summer Jobs program that for all intents blacklist employers who oppose abortion and gender theory are outrageous, discriminatory and, surely, unconstitutional.

OTTAWA – Despite escalating opposition from a growing array of charities and faith groups, the Liberal government is not backing down on demands that Canada Summer Jobs applicants sign a pro-abortion attestation.

CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp charities are weighing their response to the Canada Summer Jobs policy change that requires an attestation their organizationöÏÓãÊÓƵapp core mandate supports abortion.

CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic bishops say the governmentöÏÓãÊÓƵapp new Canada Summer Jobs policy infringes on freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.