A Community Shaken In the days since the tragic shooting in Tumbler Ridge, many of us have been sitting with a familiar mix of shock, sorrow, and disorientation. A small northern community has been shaken by violence, and families now carry a grief that will not fade quickly. Whenever something like this happens in Canada,…
Reflections on Bill C-9 in Canada Canada’s proposed Bill C-9, often referred to as the Combatting Hate Act, represents a serious attempt to respond to a troubling and well-documented rise in hate-motivated incidents across the country. The bill seeks to strengthen Criminal Code provisions related to hate, including intimidation, obstruction, and certain public displays of…
One of the gifts of Anglican theology is its quiet insistence that truth is often found not at the extremes, but in the space between them. We speak of “living in the tension” not because we enjoy discomfort, but because we recognize that the world is complex, diverse, and full of voices that carry partial…