In this wide-ranging interview on Freedom Feature, host Barry Bussey sits down with Dr. David Haskell — Associate Professor and Social Scientist at Wilfrid Laurier University — to discuss the urgent threats facing Christians in Canada and the arguments behind his bold new book, Christ or Collapse? The Case Against Godless Government.
Dr. Haskell opens by recounting his recent Senate testimony opposing Bill C-9, the so-called “Combating Hate Act.” He argues that the bill’s removal of a criminal code provision protecting good-faith religious expression will expose Christians to fines and even jail time for simply quoting Scripture. He traces a consistent pattern of broken Liberal promises — from the Same-Sex Marriage Act of 2005 to Bill C-16 — showing how every assurance that Christians would be protected has proven false, citing real cases including Trinity Western University and trustee Barry Neufeld, who was hit with a $750,000 penalty for disagreeing with gender ideology online.
The conversation broadens into a sociological examination of the government as a moral signaler. Drawing on more than one thousand citations in his 586-page book, Dr. Haskell presents evidence that when Christian norms guide public life, societies flourish — pointing to data on MAID, same-sex marriage, and marijuana legalization as case studies in how government signals reshape public morality, often with damaging consequences.
Dr. Haskell also shares his own intellectual journey — from skeptic to defender of Christian social norms — and makes a compelling, evidence-based case that supporting Christianity’s role in public life is not a matter of faith alone, but of logic.Christ or Collapse is available on Amazon and through College Press.
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