by CCRL | Apr 12, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON April 12, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights is proud to announce its continued support for the national March for Life, to take place in Ottawa May 9 with representation from across the country. As in previous years, the League is encouraging its members to...
by CCRL | Mar 25, 2013 | Media Watch
TORONTO, ON February 25, 2013 – The CBC program “This Hour has 22 Minutes” featured a short skit February 19 satirizing the possibilities of a Canadian becoming pope. During a spoof of parishioners receiving Holy Communion, Tim Bits and Tim Hortons Coffee were...
by CCRL | Mar 23, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON March 22, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League regrets that Motion 408 has been deemed unvotable and therefore will not be brought forward in the House of Commons. On September 27, 2012, Member of Parliament Mark Warawa (PC – Langley) introduced...
by CCRL | Mar 21, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, ON March 21, 2013 – Bill C-279, which would add “gender identity” to the Canadian Human Rights Act as a prohibited ground for discrimination, passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons March 20 by a vote of 149-137. The League opposed this...
by CCRL | Mar 21, 2013 | Media Watch
TORONTO, February 21, 2013 – Media coverage of Pope Benedict’s resignation (or as it is formally known, renunciation of the papacy), has included a real mixture of good articles along with some needlessly negative, sometimes downright anti-Catholic vitriol,...
by CCRL | Mar 18, 2013 | News
TORONTO, ON March 18, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its President Philip Horgan is part of the Canadian delegation to visit the Holy See for the inauguration of Pope Francis. Led by Governor General David Johnston, the...
by CCRL | Mar 14, 2013 | News
TORONTO ON March 14, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League congratulates Pope Francis I on his election to the papacy, and pledges its prayerful support. “Pope Francis’ strong commitment to the poor, to simple living and to evangelization recall both the charisms of...
by CCRL | Mar 6, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, February 27, 2013 – A Supreme Court of Canada decision in the case of William Whatcott has disappointed religious freedom and free-speech advocates. On Feb. 27 the Court upheld some significant parts of a Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal ruling against...
by CCRL | Feb 27, 2013 | News
OTTAWA, February 27, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League provides comments on today’s Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision in the free speech case between William Whatcott and the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. The court allowed the...
by CCRL | Feb 20, 2013 | News
TORONTO ON February 20, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League welcomes the establishment of Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom and hopes it will play a role in extending respect for religious and conscientious freedom throughout the world. “We hope that the new...
