by CCRL | Mar 8, 2012 | News
By Father Raymond J. De Souza Who decides what children get taught when it comes to moral and religious questions? Parents or the state? These questions are being asked in Alberta, as a result of the provincial government’s proposed new Education Act. The bill...
by CCRL | Feb 17, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, ON February 17, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) provides this comment on today’s decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Quebec parents who sought an exemption for their children from the mandatory Ethics and Religious...
by CCRL | Feb 17, 2012 | News
Montréal, le 17 février, 2012. La Cour suprême du Canada a refusé la demande d’exemption pour les enfants, du cours d’éthique et de culture religieuse au Québec, sur la base que les demandeurs ne pouvaient pas faire la preuve que l’application du...
by CCRL | Feb 16, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, ON February 16, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to learn that bill C-304, introduced September 30 by MP Brian Storseth (CPC-Westlock-St. Paul), passed its second reading vote 158-131 February 15 in the House of Commons, and has been sent to...
by CCRL | Feb 3, 2012 | News
TORONTO, February 2, 2012 (CCRL) – “Respecting Difference” establishes guidelines for Catholic school boards to follow in implementing anti-bullying strategies that will be both comprehensive and consistent with Catholic teaching on sexual morality. The report...
by CCRL | Jan 6, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON January 6, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League congratulates Archbishop Thomas Collins on his elevation by Pope Benedict XVI to the College of Cardinals and wishes him many years of continued service to the Church. “We have always...
