Legal protection for unborn should be studied, says MP

OTTAWA, ON, December 6, 2013 – MP Maurice Vellacott has put forward notice of two motions that he intends to bring in Parliament in late January, when his name is on Order of Precedence. The first proposes that shared parenting be the presumptive norm in custody...

CBC documentary questioned

    TORONTO, December 4, 2013 – We have written to the CBC ombudsman and to the the host of CBC television’s ongoing news documentary series The Last Right, which explores euthanasia and assisted suicide, to express concerns about the strong...

League applies to intervene in Loyola appeal

TORONTO, ON November 29, 2013 – The League has filed an application to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) appeal of Montreal’s Loyola High School, which is seeking to modify Quebec’s Ethics and Religious Culture (ECR) course to teach it from a Catholic...

Motion on equality rights welcome, says League

OTTAWA, ON November 22, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commended the initiative of MP Stephen Woodworth in bringing forth a motion calling on the House of Commons to affirm that every Canadian law must be interpreted in a manner which recognizes the...