by CCRL | Feb 9, 2006 | News
OTTAWA, Feb. 9, 2006 The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today welcomed the announcement that the newly-appointed federal Justice Minister Vic Toews plans to raise the age of consent for sex from 14 to 16. Mr. Toews said he will introduce legislation when...
by CCRL | Jan 30, 2006 | News
TORONTO, January 30, 2006 The Catholic Civil Rights League (ccrl.ca) today commented on the case of Marielle Houle of Montreal, who on Jan. 27 was given a sentence of three years probation after pleading guilty to assisted suicide in the death of her son, Charles...
by CCRL | Jan 24, 2006 | News
OTTAWA, Jan. 24, 2006 Commenting on the results of the federal election, the Catholic Civil Rights League today renewed its commitment to work with MPs of all political stripes in the new Parliament. Canadians have elected a Conservative minority. The...
by CCRL | Jan 11, 2006 | News
TORONTO, Jan. 11, 2006 The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today urged Canadians to vote on January 23, using their own discernment to determine the best candidate and party. Noting that voter participation has been declining steadily over the past...
by CCRL | Jan 11, 2006 | News
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by CCRL | Dec 29, 2005 | News
The Supreme Court’s swingers decision strips away community values Janet Epp Buckingham, director of law and public policy at the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, discusses the impact of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Dec. 21 decision that so-called...