by CCRL | Jun 28, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON June 28, 2013 – Bill C-304, the private member’s bill repealing Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, passed in the Senate this week. The Section prohibited “the communication of hate messages by telephone or the Internet”. The inclusion of the...
by CCRL | Jun 27, 2013 | News
Quebec’s Act respecting end-of-life care (Bill 52) is intended to permit physicians, in defined circumstances, to kill their patients as part of the redefined practice of medicine. However, the procedure cannot become part of medical practice in Quebec unless...
by CCRL | Jun 13, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON June 13, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is an intervener in today’s Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) appeal of the Ontario court decision legalizing keeping a common bawdy house and communicating for the purpose of engaging in...
by CCRL | Jun 13, 2013 | News
MONTREAL, QC June 12, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has serious concerns about the Quebec government’s introduction of legislation to legalize euthanasia in that province under certain conditions. Junior Health Minister Véronique Hivon, in introducing Bill...
by CCRL | Jun 3, 2013 | News
TORONTO, May 31, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League hosted its annual dinner in Toronto May 30. The event featured the presentation of the Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life to Father Alphonse de Valk, CSB, and a keynote...
by CCRL | May 30, 2013 | News
TORONTO, ON May 30, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League comments on the death of Henry Morgentaler on May 29. “As an organization supporting the protection of all human life from conception to natural death, we have always been opposed to Canada’s unrestricted...
by CCRL | May 22, 2013 | News
TORONTO, May 22, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the motion of Toronto Catholic School Trustee Gary Tanuan to address a response to anti-bullying strategies in Toronto’s Catholic schools and use the Ontario Bishops’ and Catholic trustees’...
by CCRL | May 17, 2013 | News
TORONTO, ON May 17, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that it has chosen pro-life activist, writer and editor Father Alphonse de Valk, CSB, as winner of this year’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life. The...
by CCRL | May 1, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON May 1, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its application to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) appeal of the Ontario court decision legalizing keeping a common bawdy house and communicating for the purpose...
by CCRL | Apr 19, 2013 | News
TORONTO, ON April 19, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its annual dinner will take place May 30 at Spirale Banquet and Conference Centre in Toronto. The evening will include a keynote address by Stephen Woodworth, MP...
