by CCRL | May 28, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON May 28, 2012 – Following two weeks of public hearings, the Ontario Minister of Education, Laurel Broten, has announced amendments to Bill 13 that, if passed, will make it mandatory to allow Gay-Straight Alliances, so named, in all schools where students...
by CCRL | May 28, 2012 | News
TORONTO, May 28, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League joins the family, friends and colleagues of Tom Langan in giving thanks for Tom’s many contributions to the Church and for the guiding role he played in the lives of so many of his students. Tom, who died Friday...
by CCRL | May 24, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON May 24, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that it has chosen Canadian artist and author Michael O’Brien as winner of this year’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life. The award will be presented at...
by CCRL | May 17, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON May 17, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League presented its position about Ontario’s Bills 13 and 14 at Queens Park May 15, appearing before the Standing Committee on Social Policy. We argued that anti-bullying policies in schools need to be...
by CCRL | May 15, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, ON May 15, 2012 – The permanent council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a pastoral letter on Freedom of Conscience and Religion. The CCRL recommends a complete reading of the document, which summarizes numerous current concerns....
by CCRL | May 7, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON May 7, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League commented on the week-long suspension given to a student by the South Shore Regional School Board in Nova Scotia last week for wearing a “Jesus” T-shirt to school. The board had argued that the shirt, with its...
