by CCRL | Nov 22, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, November 22, 2012 – Bill C-279, an Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression), arrived for hearing before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human rights November 20. The...
by CCRL | Oct 26, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, October 25, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to learn that the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has allowed an appeal in the Ontario Court of Appeal ruling eliminating some of Canada’s prostitution laws. Leave to appeal and leave to cross-appeal...
by CCRL | Oct 19, 2012 | News
The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld a Queen’s Bench decision that concluded a 2002 letter to the editor that ran in the Red Deer Advocate, entitled Homosexual Agenda Wicked, is protected by the fundamental freedom of expression. Article continues copyright: The...
by CCRL | Oct 18, 2012 | News
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint against a women’s studies professor who fought a Catholic volunteerism program at Brock University, saying her anti-Catholic comments were offensive, but not akin to discrimination. Article continues...
by CCRL | Oct 12, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON October 12, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League calls Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten’s recent comment that Catholic schools should not teach that abortion is wrong an unwarranted attack on the constitutionally-guaranteed right of Catholic...
by CCRL | Oct 10, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON October 10, 2012 – Members and guests are invited to join us Wednesday October 24 for the League’s annual general meeting in Toronto. We begin with the 5:30 Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral, which will be offered in memory of deceased members and...
