by CCRL | Mar 26, 2012 | News
TORONTO, ON March 26, 2012 – Today the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Bedford v. Canada (Attorney General), an appeal of the 2010 Ontario Superior Court decision that declared that the three provisions in the federal Criminal Code that regulate...
by CCRL | Mar 23, 2012 | News
MONTREAL, March 23, 2012 – The Quebec legislature has received the report of the Select Committee on Dying with Dignity, which recommends the limited legalization of euthanasia among its recommendations for end-of-life care. The report of the all-party committee,...
by CCRL | Mar 20, 2012 | News
CALGARY, AB March 20, 2012 – The League has contacted Alberta bishops and school officials to express concerns about Bill 2, the new Education Act. The bill raises questions about the ability to teach religious beliefs that could be interpreted to conflict with the...
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...
