by CCRL | Mar 26, 2014 | News
OTTAWA, ON March 26, 2014 — Stephen Fletcher, MP, plans to introduce two private members bills, one to legalize assisted suicide in Canada and the second to monitor and regulate the practice. Due to the position of Mr. Fletcher in the order of...
by CCRL | Mar 24, 2014 | News
OTTAWA, ON March 24, 2014 – The League was at the Supreme Court of Canada today to present arguments in Loyola High School, et al v. Attorney General of Quebec. At issue is Loyola’s request to teach the province’s mandatory Ethics and Religious Culture (ECR)...
by CCRL | Feb 26, 2014 | News
A 25 year old woman could not obtain a prescription for contraceptives at a clinic in Ottawa because the physician did not prescribe them for reasons of “medical judgment as well as professional ethical concerns and religious values.” She obtained...
by CCRL | Feb 22, 2014 | News
MONTREAL, QC February 21, 2014 – The delay in the passage of Quebec’s Bill 52, which would allow euthanasia in certain circumstances, gives individuals and groups on both sides of the issue time to reflect on better ways to provide better end-of-life care both...
by CCRL | Feb 19, 2014 | News
OTTAWA, ON February 19, 2014 – The League has written to federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose asking that the abortion drug RU-486 not be approved for Canada. Opposition to the drug, under the theme “RU-4Life?” is the theme of this year’s March for Life in...
by CCRL | Feb 17, 2014 | News
TORONTO February 17, 2014 – The League has written to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society (NSBS) encouraging its members to welcome future graduates of Trinity Western University’s proposed law school, noting that failure to do so would violate religious...
