Christian Employers Still Facing Discrimination in Canada Summer Jobs Program, MPs Told

Christian employers applying for Canada Summer Jobs grants continue to face discrimination by the federal government, two Christian organizations told the Commons human resources committee. The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada alleged the Department of Employment continues to deem some faith-based groups ineligible for funding, despite a Federal Court ruling three years ago that Christian employers could not be singled out because of their beliefs. “We are now concerned the values screening has moved behind closed doors,” the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada wrote MPs in a letter obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. “The review process involves a case by case assessment of applications that can be subjective, arbitrary, inconsistent, unpredictable, lacking in transparency and which in some cases seems to involve ideological screening. We have heard from enough faith-based groups that we are concerned these are not just isolated incidents.”...