by CCRL | Jan 5, 2012 | News
OTTAWA, ON January 5, 2012 – Canada’s Criminal Code provisions surrounding the legal rights of the unborn child are confusing and not in step with medical and social realities. Therefore the Catholic Civil Rights League supports recent statements by MPs,...
by CCRL | Jan 4, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON January 3, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on results of a Forum Research Poll finding that 67 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they support making it legal for doctors to help the terminally ill kill themselves. The poll, taken...
by CCRL | Dec 21, 2011 | News
OTTAWA,ON December 21,2011 ― A recent poll disclosed that 80 per cent of Canadians believe that Canadian law protects the fundamental human rights of children before birth in the later stages of gestation. In fact, the opposite is true. Canadian law...
by CCRL | Dec 16, 2011 | News
TORONTO, December 14, 2011 (CCRL) – The Ontario government recently introduced its “Accepting Schools Act” (Bill 13, Nov. 30). The Catholic Civil Rights League supports efforts to make all schools welcoming and respectful of all students, and to provide...
by CCRL | Nov 24, 2011 | News
TORONTO, ON November 23, 2011 – The Supreme Court of British Columbia today upheld Canada’s polygamy laws, but said those who enter polygamous unions before the age of 18 should be exempt from prosecution. Except for the ruling that minors should not be...
by CCRL | Nov 23, 2011 | News
OTTAWA, On November 23, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League encourages all MPs to support Bill C-304, “An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act”, which was read and debated last night in the House of Commons. The private member’s bill, introduced in September by MP...
