League intervenes in hate speech case

OTTAWA, On October 13, 2011 – On Wednesday, October 12 CCRL made its intervention in the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) vs. William Whatcott. The League was represented by Ryan Dalziel of Bull, Hausser and...

League participates in Office of Religious freedom consultation

OTTAWA, October 5, 2011 – League President Phil Horgan represented CCRL at an invitation-only roundtable hosted by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird October 3, 2011, regarding the establishment of Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom at the headquarters...

League supports repeal of Internet hate law

OTTAWA, ON October 3, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has expressed its support for Bill C-304, introduced September 30 by MP Brian Storseth (CPC-Westlock-St. Paul), to repeal the section of the federal human rights code banning hate speech over the Internet....

League protests Canadian funding of IPPF

OTTAWA, ON September 28, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister for International Cooperation Bev Oda to express concerns about the government’s decision to provide $6 million in new funding to the...