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A ‘New Level of Hostility’: Faith Groups Alarmed as Bill Impacting Religious Speech About to Become Law

A ‘New Level of Hostility’: Faith Groups Alarmed as Bill Impacting Religious Speech About to Become Law

Last updated: April 1, 2026 5:48 pm
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A ‘New Level of Hostility’: Faith Groups Alarmed as Bill Impacting Religious Speech About to Become Law

David Cooke, national campaign manager for Campaign Life Coalition, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 4, 2020. The Epoch Times

Olivia Gomm

Olivia Gomm

3/31/2026|Updated: 4/1/2026

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As the federal government’s new anti-hate bill is now before the Senate and about to become law, faith leaders are warning that the elimination of religious defence from the Criminal Code could lead to “actual persecution under a cloak of supposed legality.”

“We could be investigated, arrested, and jailed for merely expressing the tenets of our faith and quoting the word of God,” Christian pastor David Cooke told The Epoch Times.

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