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Press Release: ARPA Canada Challenges London’s “Graphic Image” Bylaw as Unconstitutional Restriction on Pro-Life Expression
June 11, 2025The Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Canada has initiated litigation against the City… Read More
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Manitoba Proposes Official Celebration of Pride
June 3, 2025Four provinces – British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario – dedicate certain days, weeks,… Read More
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Life in the Negative World
May 29, 2025If you pay any attention to public affairs in Canada, you already know that… Read More
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Federal Liberals retable criminal ban on “conversion therapy” with major legal implications for pastoral ministry
October 1, 2020On October 1, 2020 the federal Liberal government tabled Bill C-6 (which was before… Read More
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BC Election Provides New Opportunity to Advance Sound Policies
September 22, 2020British Columbians are heading into an election. On September 21, Premier John Horgan requested… Read More
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Politics in Light of Redemptive History
September 21, 2020A pastor once asked me, “Is political engagement part of our calling as Christians?… Read More
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Look out Albertans! Bylaw Bob coming to a religious gathering near you!
September 18, 2020A wave of conversion therapy bans has spread across the province of Alberta. Maybe… Read More
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Recovering Fiscal Responsibility
September 17, 2020For the last quarter-century, red and blue Canadian governments have both prided themselves on… Read More
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A Bubble Zone for Preaching in Vancouver?
September 8, 2020By Levi Minderhoud David Lynn has come to British Columbia. Kicking off his national… Read More
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What do the results of the 2020 Conservative leadership race mean for Christians and social conservatives?
August 24, 2020By Levi Minderhoud Erin O’Toole is the new leader of the Conservative Party of… Read More
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Are COVID Restrictions the Cause of “Excess Deaths”?
August 21, 2020By Levi Minderhoud Soon after governments first introduced restrictions to combat the transmission of… Read More
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Grassroots Campaign to Expand Worship Services in British Columbia
August 19, 2020Read More
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Further reflections and clarifications regarding mandatory masks in church
August 12, 2020By André Schutten On July 23rd I released a 20-minute video on the ARPA… Read More
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CBC’s strategic attack on Redeemer University
August 4, 2020CBC is at it again. Last week, I explained how CBC’s reporting on a… Read More
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A Christian wedding videographer and the media’s homophobia narrative
July 29, 2020On July 20, Ms. Hamstra, who operates Caramount Pictures, replied to an email request… Read More
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State and church authority in a pandemic – An interview with Professor Koyzis
July 21, 2020In We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God, David Koyzis… Read More
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The Key to Authority is the Office of Image Bearer – An Interview with Professor David Koyzis
July 17, 2020ARPA’s John Sikkema interviews David Koyzis In We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and… Read More
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Parental Rights and Education in Alberta: A Timeline of Success
July 9, 2020Real progress in education! The past two years on the Alberta education front have… Read More
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Counting the Cost of COVID Part IV: Forecasting our Financial Future
July 8, 2020In the last two blog posts on the financial effects of COVID, I compared… Read More
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Counting the Cost of COVID Part III: Evaluating Canada’s Current Deficit
July 2, 2020Updated July 8, 2020 My previous blog post in this series compared Canada’s current… Read More
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Reflections from a Christian patriot on Canada Day
June 30, 2020Happy Canada Day! Canada Day (or, for those who remember, Dominion Day as it… Read More
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Ruth the Can Collector: The Case for Restoring Old Testament Gleaning Principles
June 25, 2020If Ruth the Moabite lived today, she would probably have resorted to collecting empties… Read More
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Counting the Cost of COVID Part II: Comparing to Past Crises
June 24, 2020Updated July 8, 2020 In the first blog post in this series, I delved… Read More
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The Importance of Partisan Political Activity
June 23, 2020*As ARPA’s British Columbia Manager, I’m going to discuss involvement in party politics in… Read More
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Churches as unifiers should not be penalized for their effective contact tracing
June 19, 2020By pastor Gerrit Bruintjes and André Schutten For the past month, many religious leaders… Read More
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BC Cuts Funding to Independent Distributed Learning Schools
June 18, 2020Updated July 14, 2020 The year 2020 seems to be a year of almost… Read More
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Counting the Cost of COVID Part I: A Christian Introduction
June 17, 2020Months after governments declared public health emergencies, COVID still dominates headlines and lifestyles. We… Read More
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Smithers Residents Launch Letter-Writing Campaign to Town Council
June 16, 2020You are ARPA. ARPA is you. This tagline from ARPA’s intro video means that… Read More
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Canada’s lack of strategy in targeting COVID-19 led to unnecessary crisis in long-term care homes
June 3, 2020Long-term care facilities house some of our society’s most vulnerable: those who need help… Read More
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As COVID restrictions drag on, the civil government needs guidance from the instituted church
June 3, 2020I’m always moved when I read the introduction to the Belgic Confession in the… Read More
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Funding for Victims of Human Trafficking Quietly Removed
June 2, 2020In the midst of the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, the Canadian federal government has quietly… Read More
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Still glorious and free? The duty of each Christian to stand on guard for freedom in an age of unprecedented lock-down
June 2, 2020Read More
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Over 400 Ontario Churches Call on Premier to Allow a Gradual Reopening
May 29, 2020Several weeks ago, I wrote about the Church of God in Aylmer, Ontario –… Read More
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Professing progressivism for emergency loans?
May 20, 2020What is our government doing by requiring small businesses to confirm that they do… Read More
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Criminal charges withdrawn against street preacher David Lynn
May 20, 2020The Crown withdrew its criminal charges against David Lynn today, almost a year after… Read More
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Federal Euthanasia Survey Results: Support for Stronger Safeguards
May 15, 2020Earlier this year, we encouraged you to fill out the federal government’s survey about… Read More
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A Good News Story for Victims of Sexual Exploitation
May 7, 2020Good news in Alberta! Bill 8: Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act has recently… Read More
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What do greenhouses teach about COVID-19?
May 1, 2020Before the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I had only ever heard the concept of… Read More
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Holding Church in your Car? Not in Ontario!
April 29, 2020This past Sunday, April 26th a small congregation met in the lazy little town… Read More
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March… No, wait… Convoy for Life!
April 28, 2020Marches for Life across the country have been cancelled due to the prohibitions of… Read More
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British Columbia shows restraint in COVID-19 response
April 24, 2020ARPA as an organization talks about sphere sovereignty a lot. Sphere sovereignty, famously articulated… Read More
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Book Review: The Victory of Reason
April 15, 2020God has blessed Canada. Canada, along with Western countries, is consistently one of the… Read More
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Is Corporate Worship “Essential”? Some Biblical Considerations for the Church’s Response.
April 8, 2020Essential services are a hot topic right now, as everyone wonders whether their place… Read More