by CCRL | Mar 11, 2011 | News
TORONTO, March 11, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today announced that its application to intervene jointly in the Ontario Court of Appeal in the appeal of an Ontario court ruling that would remove the remaining legal restrictions on prostitution has been...
by CCRL | Mar 9, 2011 | News
TORONTO, March 9, 2011 (CCRL) – The League was pleased to learn recently that the case of Linda Gibbons, who has spent nine of the past 16 years in jail for peaceful protest near a Toronto abortion clinic, will be heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. All her...
by CCRL | Feb 23, 2011 | News
OTTAWA, February 23, 2011 (CCRL) – Although many university pro-life clubs operate as freely as other campus groups, problems continue at several campuses across Canada. At Carleton University, probably the first school where students were actually handcuffed...
by CCRL | Feb 23, 2011 | News
By Charles Lewis TORONTO, ON, February 22, 2011 © National Post – An anti-abortion activist jailed nearly two years ago for refusing to stop picketing a Toronto abortion clinic will get her case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada – but it does not mean...
by CCRL | Feb 16, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, February 16, 2011 – The League has written to Bell Express Vu customer service and to Bell Canada’s executive team asking them to reconsider the decision to discontinue Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)at the end of February. We pointed out that...
by CCRL | Feb 16, 2011 | News
QUEBEC CITY, QC, February 16, 2011 – The crucifix is staying in Quebec’s legislature despite an order by the province’s human rights tribunal that the city of Saguenay end the practice of reciting a Christian prayer at the start of council meetings....
by CCRL | Feb 15, 2011 | Media Watch
Toronto, February 15, 2011 – On Jan. 29, a small private art gallery in Toronto issued a press release publicizing an upcoming show that includes a portrait of Pope Benedict riddled with obvious small, round holes and a representation of U.S. President Barak...
by CCRL | Feb 11, 2011 | News
TORONTO, February 11, 2011 (CCRL) – The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has once again targeted Christian universities for supposedly restricting academic freedom by requiring staff to sign a faith statement (National Post editorial, Feb. 11,...
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 | Feb 9, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, February 9, 2011 (CCRL) – This week’s news of a new application for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has attracted a good deal of attention in the media, most of it accurate if a bit flippant in the headlines. (“Bless me iPhone, for I have sinned,”...
