by CCRL | Feb 10, 2011 | News
OTTAWA, February 10, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its concerns that Bill C-389, which passed yesterday evening in the House of Commons by a vote of 143 to 135, could pose problems for human rights law and equality concerns in general. The...
by CCRL | Jan 10, 2011 | News
TORONTO, January 10, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed concern that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rejected two proposals to provide religious and conscientious freedom to the province’s civil marriage commissioners in the...
by CCRL | Jan 7, 2011 | News
OTTAWA, January 7, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to learn that the Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to William Whatcott to challenge the constitutionality of Section 14 (1) (b) of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code. The case raises...
by CCRL | Dec 21, 2010 | News
MONTREAL, Dec. 21, 2010 – The Association of the Catholic parents of Quebec (APCQ) today criticized the government’s decision to cut funding for Catholic and other religious day nurseries that provide religious education within their program, through songs,...
by CCRL | Dec 15, 2010 | News
OTTAWA, December 15, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed disappointment that Bill C-510 failed to garner sufficient votes at second reading to proceed. The private member’s bill would have made it a criminal offence to coerce a woman into having an...
by CCRL | Dec 14, 2010 | News
December 14, 2010 – The League was pleased to hear about the public school board in Chilliwack, BC voting to re-name the two-week December holiday “Christmas vacation” rather than “winter break.” As one of the trustees, Martha Weins, put it, “We are having...
