As 2025 draws to a close, it’s impossible to ignore the increasingly challenging global landscape. We’ve all watched as illiberal movements, often fueled by Christian Nationalism, threaten to roll back decades of hard-won progress on secularism, reproductive rights, and inclusive governance. While the most obvious examples are south of the border, their tactics are being increasingly mirrored by reactionary forces in our own politics.

In its brief to the House of Commons Justice Committee, the BC Humanist Association warns that new criminal code offenses risk silencing religious dissent.

Property worth billions of dollars across British Columbia is exempted from property taxes under unquestioned and antiquated rules, according to a recent CTV News investigation.

Reproductive rights advocates are decrying the federal government's latest budget for failing to include a commitment to regulate anti-choice pregnancy centres.

The following was the script for my remarks to Vancouver's No Tyrants rally on October 18, 2026. My actual speech varied slightly as I went off script at a few points.

Friends, thank you for being here today — for standing up for democracy, for equality, and for one another. Not just here in Vancouver but for our neighbours in America and for everyone across the world.

Today millions of us are declaring with one voice: No Tyrants. No Kings. We are saying that power belongs to the people.

Yesterday, politicians returned to the Legislative Assembly of BC. One of their first orders of business was a motion to condemn the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA).

In the summer, the BC legislature's finance committee published its report on the Budget 2026 consultations. As an organization dedicated to promoting progressive and secular values, we participated in these consultations to ensure the voices of the 52% of British Columbians who are humanist or non-religious were heard. Our advocacy is resonating as our priorities were reflected in the Committee’s discussions.

"Canada is a secular democracy."

In their joint factum to the Supreme Court of Canada, the BC Humanist Association (BCHA) and Canadian Secular Alliance (CSA) argue that the state's duty of religious neutrality is an integral part of the Canada's Charter.

An alliance of groups that support reproductive rights is raising the alarm over a recent partnership between Fraser Health and an anti-abortion organization called Hope for Women. Over the summer, Fraser Health supported four community groups to lead Breastfeeding and Chestfeeding Cafés for new parents, with Hope for Women delivering the cafés in Abbotsford during August.

Vancouver, BC – A new report from the BC Humanist Association (BCHA), The Island Anomaly, reveals Prince Edward Island (PEI) as the most compliant province studied to date in adhering to the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2015 Saguenay ruling. The comprehensive study found only one instance of unconstitutional prayer in PEI municipalities with populations over 1,000, which occurred during a 2022 inaugural council meeting in Summerside.