League highlighted in Sacred Heart Messenger feature

TORONTO, September 6, 2013 – The League is the focus of an informative feature profile in this month’s edition of the Canadian Messenger of the Sacred Heart. The article is available here in pdf format. (Live link from this article on our “Articles of...

Quebec’s proposed religious symbol ban restricts freedom

MONTREAL, QC August 21, 2013 (CCRL) – The Quebec government’s plan to introduce a “Charter of Quebec Values” was announced last year, but some details of its implications for religious freedom were leaked to the press this week. Reportedly, the proposed legislation...

CCRL pleased “hate speech” provision is repealed

OTTAWA, ON June 28, 2013 – Bill C-304, the private member’s bill repealing Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, passed in the Senate this week. The Section prohibited “the communication of hate messages by telephone or the Internet”. The inclusion of the...

CCRL responds to Quebec euthanasia proposal

MONTREAL, QC June 12, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has serious concerns about the Quebec government’s introduction of legislation to legalize euthanasia in that province under certain conditions. Junior Health Minister Véronique Hivon, in introducing Bill...