Canada: Liberals Bring Back Bill That Could Criminalize Quoting Bible on Homosexuality Despite Massive Pushback

Jonathon Van Maren : Feb 26, 2026
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"The ... danger in Bill C-9 is the proposed plan to eliminate the need for a provincial attorney general to sign off before any charges could be brought involving a purported hate crime. This may allow local law enforcement to take action against citizens even where there is no reasonable prospect of conviction. The bill would also allow for complaints from private individuals, which could draw churches and pastors into costly and distracting legal action..." -Paul Carter, The Gospel Coalition

[LifeSiteNews.com] Bill C-9, the Carney government's "hate speech" bill that would remove protections for religious speech, was back on the agenda for today's Justice Committee meeting. Conservative MP Andrew Lawton, one of the bill's most prominent critics, tabled a petition signed by thousands of Canadians opposing it earlier this month. (Screengrab image: via X-Andrew Lawton)

"I am proud to rise on behalf of Canadians, including in my own constituency, who are alarmed by what the government is doing through Bill C-9—a bill that they claim will protect communities from hate, but in actuality exposes faith communities to harm from the government for daring to express their faith and quote religious texts," Lawton told the House of Commons.

"The petitioners are very concerned by this infringement on religious liberty, which were aggravated of course by comments from the minister for Canadian Identity and Culture, arguing that there should be prosecution for citing certain religious texts," Lawton continued. "So petitioners are calling on the government to withdraw Bill C-9 and focus on upholding freedom of expression and freedom of religion."

Lawton was referring to comments made by Liberal minister Marc Miller, who last October said that "good faith" defenses of "hate speech" were indefensible under Canadian law during discussions at the Justice Committee. It was revealing that his go-to example was passages from Scripture... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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