by CCRL | Jan 17, 2014 | Newsletters
by CCRL | Jan 13, 2014 | News
QUEBEC CITY, QC, January 13, 2014 — The Catholic Civil Rights League congratulates Archbishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix of Quebec City on his elevation by Pope Francis to the College of Cardinals and wishes him many years of continued service. Archbishop...
by CCRL | Dec 20, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON December 20, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the prostitution case Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, in which the League was an intervener. The unanimous decision, issued...
by CCRL | Dec 17, 2013 | News
By Sean Murphy The “We Need A Law” campaign has revealed a dispute in the pro-life community about whether or not it is acceptable to try to limit abortion with laws that impose gestational limits. The dispute is divisive and it can take an ugly turn....
by CCRL | Dec 17, 2013 | Newsletters
by CCRL | Dec 6, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON, December 6, 2013 – MP Maurice Vellacott has put forward notice of two motions that he intends to bring in Parliament in late January, when his name is on Order of Precedence. The first proposes that shared parenting be the presumptive norm in custody...
by CCRL | Dec 4, 2013 | Media Watch
TORONTO, December 4, 2013 – We have written to the CBC ombudsman and to the the host of CBC television’s ongoing news documentary series The Last Right, which explores euthanasia and assisted suicide, to express concerns about the strong...
by CCRL | Nov 29, 2013 | News
TORONTO, ON November 29, 2013 – The League has filed an application to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) appeal of Montreal’s Loyola High School, which is seeking to modify Quebec’s Ethics and Religious Culture (ECR) course to teach it from a Catholic...
by CCRL | Nov 22, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON November 22, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commended the initiative of MP Stephen Woodworth in bringing forth a motion calling on the House of Commons to affirm that every Canadian law must be interpreted in a manner which recognizes the...
by CCRL | Nov 12, 2013 | News
By Tim Whitnell, Burlington Post After a more than five-year hiatus, regional public health nurses will be returning to schools at the Halton Catholic District School Board to administer the HPV vaccine to Grade 8 female students. During a sometimes raucous board...
