You are not going to believe what just happened up in Canada.

In what can only be described as a final, desperate gasp of sanity, Conservative MP Andrew Lawton tried one last time to kill Bill C-9—the bill that basically says quoting certain parts of the Bible could land you in prison. Especially anything having to do with homosexuality. And they shot it down.

On Wednesday, June 17, a majority of Members of Parliament voted to reject Lawton’s motion to withdraw this monstrous piece of legislation “once and for all.” The Liberals and the Bloc Québécois teamed up, as they so often do, to ram this thing through. Lawton put it plainly on X: “The Liberals and Bloc Québécois voted down my motion to withdraw the divisive and toxic Bill C-9 to stand up for freedom of expression and freedom of religion.”

Think about that for a second. A bill so radioactive that opposition came from both the political left and the right (civil liberties groups, faith organizations across the spectrum.) Even some NDP and Green MPs voted against it. But it wasn’t enough.

Now, with the Senate’s last-minute amendment throwing the noose in as an official “hate symbol,” Bill C-9—officially titled “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime, and access to religious or cultural places)” is headed for royal assent. It’s about to become the law of the land in Canada.

They have no problem green-lighting the criminalization of quoting Scripture. Let that sink in. Conservative MP Brad Redekopp didn’t mince words. He called it “a dark day in Canadian history. ” He called it an “assault on religious freedom” that strips away longstanding protections for Canadians who dare to express sincerely held beliefs. “Conservatives fought this bill every step of the way,” he said, “and we will keep fighting until religious freedom is restored.”

Canadian pro-life groups, faith communities, and even Cardinal Frank Leo, the metropolitan archbishop of Toronto, sounded the alarm. The Cardinal acknowledged the need to fight real hatred and violence, but warned that this bill goes way too far. Of course, that didn’t stop them.

This is what elite governance looks like in 2026: churches and believers are the problem, not the solution. Your holy book is now potential evidence in a hate crime investigation. Welcome to the new normal in Justin Trudeau’s Canada, where “tolerance” means the state gets to decide which parts of the Bible are still legal to read out loud.
Dark days indeed. And if you think this kind of thing can’t cross the border… well, just watch.