by CCRL | Aug 12, 2011 | News
UNITED NATIONS, August 10, 2011 – Religious tolerance is in retreat in many parts of the world, with one third of people facing increased harassment in the practice of their faith, a new study says. Religious freedom has increased for only one per cent of the world’s...
by CCRL | Aug 11, 2011 | News
OTTAWA, August 11, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League, intervenor in the Supreme Court of Canada Appeal of the case between William Whatcott and the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, has filed its factum in the case and made it available online. Download...
by CCRL | Jul 20, 2011 | News
TORONTO, July 20, 2011 (CCRL) – The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled unanimously June 29 that doctors cannot unilaterally cease treatment over the objections of family members, but rather that it is necessary for them to refer their concerns to the Ontario Consent...
by CCRL | Jul 15, 2011 | News
TORONTO, July 15, 2011 – The League has written to MP Joy Smith to thank her for her plan to introduce a private member’s bill that would strengthen Canada’s prostitution laws. The proposal, which will be introduced this Fall, is based on the “Nordic model,”...
by CCRL | Jul 11, 2011 | News
Parents the first protectors of civil liberties League releases declaration on parental authority in education 11 July, 2011 For immediate release “It is now time to recognize that parents are the first line of defence against the abuse of state power in education,...
by CCRL | Jul 11, 2011 | News
VANCOUVER, BC July 11, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has responded to issues raised by the recent adoption of an equity policy at the Burnaby School Board with a Declaration on the Authority of Parents and Guardians in the Education of their Children....
