At a special debate over the Standing Orders last week, two Members of Parliament spoke in favour of ending the prayers said each day in the House of Commons.

The BC Humanist Association has received funding through Canada Summer Jobs to hire?three?people to join our team this summer. The BCHA?promotes education about secular humanism and researches issues relating to human rights and secularism.

The BC Humanist Association is lending its support to a private members bill that aims to end the criminal justice approach to the toxic drug and overdose crisis. Bill C-216, introduced by Courtenay-Alberni Member of Parliament Gord Johns, would decriminalize simple possession of drugs, allow for the expungement of criminal...