by CCRL | Oct 20, 2017 | News
TORONTO, ON October 19, 2017 – CCRL president Phil Horgan, and executive director Christian Elia, appeared before the Standing Committee on General Government of the Ontario legislature to speak against the “Bubble Zone” Bill’s overreach and Charter infringement vis a...
by CCRL | Sep 28, 2017 | News
Toronto, ON September 28, 2017 – Christian Elia the CCRL’s executive director was presented with the Order of Malta’s Bronze Medal Pro Merito Melitensi in recognition of having conferred honour and prestige on the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) through...
by CCRL | Aug 8, 2017 | News
Toronto, ON August 8, 2017 – On Friday, August 4, the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) applied for leave to intervene at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Wall. On this file,...
by CCRL | Aug 4, 2017 | News
Toronto, ON August 4, 2017 – On Friday, July 28 the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) received news that our application for leave to intervene at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in the Trinity Western University (TWU) case was dismissed by the decision of...
by CCRL | Jul 18, 2017 | News
Toronto, ON July 18, 2017 – Catholic Christians and indeed all people of faith must be wary of the Liberal government’s intentions to remove section 176 of the Criminal Code through Bill C-51. The bill, which has cleared second reading aims to remove redundant...
by CCRL | Jun 20, 2017 | News
Toronto, ON June 20, 2017 – On June 19, royal assent was given to Bill C-16 and it is now law. The Canadian Human Rights Act has been amended with the addition of gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination. The...
