by CCRL | Sep 27, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, ON September 27, 2012 (CCRL) – Two issues of longstanding interest to the League are on the agenda as Parliament begins its Fall session. Stephen Woodworth’s motion to commence a parliamentary study on whether our current Criminal Code provisions...
by CCRL | Sep 26, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, ON September 26, 2012 – Motion 312 was defeated in the House of Commons today by a vote of 203 to 91. This motion, proposed by MP Stephen Woodworth, would have seen Parliament appoint a 12-member committee to study the legal definition of when a child...
by CCRL | Sep 21, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, ON September 20, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that Jean Morse-Chevrier, Quebec director of the League for over 10 years, has been awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her contributions to education ...
by CCRL | Sep 12, 2012 | News
VICTORIA, BC Sept. 10, 2012 — Mr. Justice David Franklin Tysoe, in the British Columbia Court of Appeal, today granted Cecelia von Dehn and Donald Spratt leave to appeal their convictions for breaching the Access to Abortion Services Act, also called the BC “Bubble...
by CCRL | Aug 24, 2012 | News
TORONTO, August 24, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has asked Deb Matthews, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long Term Care, to allow requests about abortion data in Ontario under the province’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FIPPA)...
by CCRL | Aug 2, 2012 | News
TORONTO, August 1, 2012 – The recent filing of a lawsuit against Grey County council for opening public meetings with the Lord’s Prayer is part of Ontario Secular Alliance’s ongoing effort to remove the prayer from the opening of council meetings in at...
