'We Must Prepare for the Battle Ahead': Canada's House of Commons Passes Bill that Would Criminalize Quoting the Bible

Anthony Murdoch : Mar 26, 2026
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Conservatives are now calling on Christians to pray and 'flood senators' with phone calls and emails opposing the bill.

(Ottawa, Ontario) — [LifeSiteNews.com] The majority of Canadian MPs have voted to pass a Liberal bill that will allow the criminalization of religious expression and belief when quoting parts of the Bible, including about homosexuality and gender. (Image: Created by Grok AI)

Early Wednesday evening, MPs from the Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois, in a 186–137 vote, passed Bill C-9, known as the "Combatting Hate Act." Conservatives, NDP, and Green Party MPs voted against the bill in a rare form of unity among the usually opposing parties.

The bill now heads to Canada's rubber-stamp Senate for review.

A last-minute effort by the Conservatives to change the wording of the bill failed to pass.

Earlier this week, Liberal MPs forced the bill through the report stage, after earlier, as reported by LifeSiteNews, shutting down all debate on the bill in the committee stage.

In comments sent to LifeSiteNews, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) blasted the passage of Bill C-9 and called upon "Christians and pro-life advocates to prepare for increasing hostility."

"With the passage of Bill C-9 in the House, Christians and pro-life advocates will almost certainly face an entirely new level of hostility, as the door swings open to actual persecution under a cloak of supposed legality," said CLC's Campaigns Manager David Cooke, who is also a Christian pastor... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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