New Brunswick drops appeal to top court of Morgentaler ruling

By Benjamin Shingler Fredericton, NB, Aug. 19, 2009 – The province will not pursue an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada in its ongoing legal battle with Dr. Henry Morgentaler over public funding of abortions. Morgentaler is suing the province, arguing on...

Euthanasia would lead to abuses, League tells PM

OTTAWA, Aug. 13, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has written to Prime Minister Harper, with copies to the leaders of the other major parties, to express our concerns about current pressures to liberalize our laws on euthanasia and assisted suicide. In our...

Supreme Court clarifies group religious freedom right

OTTAWA, July 24, 2009 (CLF/EFC press release)  – The Supreme Court of Canada today released its decision in the Alberta v. Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony case heard last October. The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC)and Christian Legal Fellowship...

Exemptions sought to law on same-sex marriage

REGINA, SK, July 20, 2009 (CCRL) – Justice Minister Don Morgan announced recently that the government would refer two versions of new legislation containing a religious exemption for marriage commissioners to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to rule on their...

Peterborough case not an OHRT matter, says League

TORONTO, July 10, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League commented today on the filing of a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission against the Bishop of Peterborough for discontinuing the service of two homosexual men as altar servers at a parish...

Application to intervene in prostitution case denied

TORONTO, ON July 9, 2009 (CCRL) – The Catholic Civil Rights League, and co-applicants Christian Legal Fellowship and REAL Women of Canada, have been denied intervenor status in the constitutional challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws. The challenge, originally...