League to participate in appeal of prostitution ruling

TORONTO, March 11, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today announced that its application to intervene jointly in the Ontario Court of Appeal in the appeal of an Ontario court ruling that would remove the remaining legal restrictions on prostitution has been...

Linda Gibbons’ case to be heard at SCC

TORONTO, March 9, 2011 (CCRL) – The League was pleased to learn recently that the case of Linda Gibbons, who has spent nine of the past 16 years in jail for peaceful protest near a Toronto abortion clinic, will be heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. All her...

Pro-life activist to get Supreme Court date

By Charles Lewis TORONTO, ON, February 22, 2011 © National Post – An anti-abortion activist jailed nearly two years ago for refusing to stop picketing a Toronto abortion clinic will get her case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada – but it does not mean...

Carleton club sues; other groups’ problems continue

OTTAWA, February 23, 2011 (CCRL) – Although many university pro-life clubs operate as freely as other campus groups, problems continue at several campuses across Canada. At Carleton University, probably the first school where students were actually handcuffed...

Cross to stay in Quebec legislature

QUEBEC CITY, QC, February 16, 2011 – The crucifix is staying in Quebec’s legislature despite an order by the province’s human rights tribunal that the city of Saguenay end the practice of reciting a Christian prayer at the start of council meetings....

Freedom of Christian universities challenged

TORONTO, February 11, 2011 (CCRL) – The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has once again targeted Christian universities for supposedly restricting academic freedom by requiring staff to sign a faith statement (National Post editorial, Feb. 11,...