Justice Centre in court today challenging government discrimination against Christian summer camp

CALGARY: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is in Federal Court today, challenging the Federal Government’s denial of a summer camp’s Canada Summer Jobs Program (CSJ) application, because the summer camp is Christian. For over a decade, BCM International (Canada) received federal grants through the Canada Summer Jobs program. BCM used the funds to provide summer jobs for high school and college students to work at its camps, and to allow for underprivileged children to attend these summer camps in cases where parents could not afford any fees. But in 2018, the Federal Government rejected BCM’s applications because BCM could not accept the controversial 2018 Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) attestation which required BCM to express agreement with abortion, as a condition for receiving a government grant.