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'@@ -37,22 +37,22 @@ |remarks = }} -'''Focus on the Family Canada''' ([[French language|French]]: Focus Famille), legally incorporated as the '''Focus on the Family (Canada) Association''', is a Canadian affiliate of the [[United States|American]] [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Christianity|Christian]] organization [[Focus on the Family]]. It was founded in 1983, and is based in [[Langley, British Columbia (city)|Langley]], [[British Columbia]]. +'''Focus on the Family Canada''' ([[French language|French]]: Focus Famille), legally incorporated as the '''Focus on the Family (Canada) Association''', is a Canadian registered charity whose purpose it to provide support to families through educational resources based on Christian principals. -The group's stated aim is to "encourage and strengthen the Canadian family through education and resources based on Christian principles".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.focusonthefamily.ca/corporate/about-us/who-we-are |title=Focus on the Family Canada, About us |access-date=2010-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923111422/http://focusonthefamily.ca/corporate/about-us/who-we-are |archive-date=2010-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> +Focus on the Family Canada was founded in 1983 and is based in [[Langley, British Columbia (city)|Langley]], [[British Columbia]] with approximately 75 employees across the country. It is operated and directed independently to the [[United States|American]] [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Christianity|Christian]] organization [[Focus on the Family]]. -==Ties to Focus on the Family USA== -Focus on the Family Canada is operated and directed independently of Focus on the Family USA.{{citation needed|date=August 2008}} However, some ties do exist between the two organizations. Between 2000 and 2003, the Canadian affiliate received $1.6 million in services from the larger American organization. [[Jim Daly (evangelist)|Jim Daly]], President and CEO of Focus on the Family in the United States serves on the board of directors of Focus on the Family Canada. Other than receiving financial support from Focus on the Family USA between 2000 and 2003, Focus on the Family Canada relies fully on donor support for its operations. + +==Organization== +The current president is Jean-Paul Beran (2021-Present). Former presidents of the organization include: Geoff Still (1986-1995), Bruce Gordon (1995–1998), Darrel Reid (1998–2004), Terence Rolston (2004–2021). + +A former member of the board of directors of Focus on the Family Canada is [[Sharon Hayes]], who from 1993 to 1997 was a [[Member of Parliament]] belonging to the [[Reform Party of Canada]]. ==Operations in Canada== -The organization has funded efforts in the courts and in its media broadcasts to help "preserve traditional values and the institution of the family."<ref name=":0" /> It is opposed to [[same-sex marriage]], LGBT adoption (and LGBT rights in general), [[abortion]], [[pornography]] and [[premarital sex]]. Focus on the Family promotes child discipline and supports the [[Corporal punishment in the home|continued legality of spanking]] as a form of discipline for children. +The organization is funded by donor support as well as revenue from events and product sales. -Focus on the Family Canada has also established the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada/Institut du Mariage et de la Famille Canada (IMFC). The IMFC is located in [[Ottawa, Ontario]], near [[Parliament Hill]], where the staff conduct and compile social policy research from Canada and around the world. The IMFC's mission is "to positively influence public opinion and promote public policy that values human life, the pre-eminence of marriage and the institution of the family."<ref>[http://www.imfcanada.org/default.aspx?cat=3 IMFC, About us]</ref> Its involvement in social issues is not limited to activism, as it has intervened in court cases such as one case in 1999 where it supported denying same-sex couples the right to apply for alimony from one another.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F15FE3D550C728EDDAC0894D1494D81 |title=Canada Rules 'Spouse' Includes Homosexuals - NYTimes.com |work=select.nytimes.com |date=May 21, 1999 |accessdate=March 8, 2011}}</ref> The organization had intervenor status in the precedent setting case of ''Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (Attorney General)'',<ref>[2004] 1 S.C.R. 76, 2004 SCC 4, {{cite web |url=http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2004/2004scc4/2004scc4.html |title=Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (Attorney General) |accessdate=2006-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710021317/http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2004/2004scc4/2004scc4.html |archive-date=2006-07-10 }}</ref> in which the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] upheld the legality of child spanking in Canada. +Some of the resources they offer are the daily radio broadcast, bi-monthly magazine, books, subscriptions and a variety of other products and services for people of all ages on a variety of topics. -In addition, the organization publishes ''Today's Family News'', a monthly e-newsletter that provides family-related news stories, research and analysis making headlines across Canada. -==Organization== -Presidents of the organization include: Bruce Gordon (?–1998), one time Deputy Chief of Staff to PM Harper, [[Darrel Reid]] (1998–2004),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/god-and-country/2009/02/19/focus-on-the-familys-growing-influencein-canada |title=Focus on the Family's Growing Influence—in Canada - God & Country (usnews.com) |first=Dan |last=Gilgoff |work=usnews.com |date=February 19, 2009 |accessdate=March 8, 2011}}</ref> Terence Rolston (2004–present). - -A former member of the board of directors of Focus on the Family Canada is [[Sharon Hayes]], who from 1993 to 1997 was a [[Member of Parliament]] belonging to the [[Reform Party of Canada]]. +==Ties to Focus on the Family USA== +Focus on the Family Canada is operated and directed independently of Focus on the Family USA.{{citation needed|date=August 2008}} However, some ties do exist between the two organizations. Between 2000 and 2003, the Canadian affiliate received $1.6 million in services from the larger American organization. [[Jim Daly (evangelist)|Jim Daly]], President and CEO of Focus on the Family in the United States serves on the board of directors of Focus on the Family Canada. Other than receiving financial support from Focus on the Family USA between 2000 and 2003, Focus on the Family Canada relies fully on donor support for its operations. ==References== '