John Sikkema

John Sikkema serves as in-house Legal Counsel for the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Canada. 

Bio last updated June 17th, 2021.

John Sikkema

Articles by John Sikkema

  • The Opposition's Might Suggests the Cause is Right

    This country is to have a new law school—one unlike any other existing accredited Canadian legal institution: On Wednesday, British Columbia's Minister for Advanced Education, Amrik Virk, announced that his department would follow the advice of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, and approve ...

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  • Opting for Moral Relativity

    "Rather than punishing people who use drugs but do no harm to others," the report states, "governments must offer them access to effective HIV and health services, including harm reduction programmes In its report released last month, the Global Commission on HIV and the Law called for the decrimina...

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  • Speaking Credibly of Hope

    But in order for the Gospel to begin to change anything in our secular culture, I suggest that Christians must find ways to convince others of how great our sin and misery are God's justice, mercy, and love can have no significance for a culture that denies human sinfulness ...

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  • Full Circle In Utero

    As Ian Hunter points out in Three Faces of the Law: A Christian Perspective, the Court's failure to address the rights of the unborn in Morgentaler was partly due to the way the Crown argued its case, and partly because the Court had already agreed to hear the appeal in Borowski , which dealt direct...

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  • Life Lessons in Cultural Engagement

    (Admittedly, since not so long ago Christians were considered a majority in this country, with our laws and public institutions grounded in Judeo-Christian thought, the tragic tale of the North American bison may be more a more apt animal analogy than a sorry salamander saga, but I digress If religi...

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