by CCRL | Jan 12, 2021 | Issues, Media Watch, News
Toronto, ON January 12, 2021 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is disappointed to learn of a cheap anti-Catholic comment made recently by Liberal Party MP Adam Vaughan (Spadina – Fort York). On January 11, 2021, Mr. Vaughan posted the following comment...
by CCRL | Dec 14, 2020 | Issues, News
Toronto, ON December 14, 2020 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) joined with Jesuit priest Father Tony Van Hee in his constitutional challenge to Ontario’s Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, the “bubble zone” legislation. To date, 6 affidavits have been...
by CCRL | Dec 11, 2020 | Issues, News
Toronto, ON December 11, 2020 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL), in a joint intervention with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), provided written submissions in respect of the December 9 appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on the issue of...
by CCRL | Nov 20, 2020 | Issues, News
Toronto, ON November 20, 2020 – On February 24, Canada’s Attorney General, David Lametti, introduced Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), effectively seeking the expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). The new legislation...
by CCRL | Sep 25, 2020 | Events, Issues, Media Watch, News
Toronto, ON September 26, 2020 – On September 2, the League’s executive director Christian Elia was quoted in the LifeSiteNews article, “Statue of Virgin Mary decapitated in Toronto, police seek suspect caught on camera” regarding the act of vandalism at Our Lady of...
by CCRL | Jun 25, 2020 | Articles, Issues, Media Watch, News
Toronto, ON June 25, 2020 – On May 21, 2020 the executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) Christian Elia cosigned a letter which was sent to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, calling for funding for...