by CCRL | May 26, 2010 | News
TORONTO, May 26, 2010 (CCRL) – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased that the Ontario Superior Court has affirmed the right of Christian Horizons group homes to hire staff who meet faith requirements, but noted that the ruling still upheld some...
by CCRL | May 19, 2010 | News
MONTREAL, QC, May 19, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today called on La Presse newspaper to distance itself from some remarks by one of its columnists, Patrick Lagace, who Tuesday expressed the wish that Cardinal Marc Ouellet, archbishop of Quebec and...
by CCRL | May 13, 2010 | News
TORONTO, May 13, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased that Toronto City Council voted yesterday to defer a proposal to give retailers the option to open 365 days a year, in keeping with a motion by the city’s economic development committee. The proposal...
by CCRL | May 10, 2010 | News
TORONTO, Ont., May 10, 2010 – Toronto City Council will likely vote Wednesday on a proposal to allow retailers to remain open 365 days a year, including Christmas Day, New Year’s, Good Friday, and other statutory holidays. While it’s impossible to predict how...
by CCRL | May 8, 2010 | Media Watch
CCRL membership message, May 7, 2010 – Comedy Central, the US comedy network whose programs often make their way to Canada on the Comedy Network, announced Thursday it has a cartoon series about Jesus Christ in the works. “JC” is one of 23 potential...
by CCRL | Apr 30, 2010 | News
MONTREAL, April 29, 2010 – A Quebec couple who unsuccessfully sought an exemption from the province’s ethics and religious culture course has applied for leave to appeal the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. The League is among the educational and religious...
by CCRL | Apr 28, 2010 | News
OTTAWA, April 27, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased that Canada will not fund abortion services as part of a G8 initiative to improve the health of women and children in poor countries. As G8 officials arrived in Halifax for talks on the...
by CCRL | Apr 22, 2010 | News
OTTAWA, April 22, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed gratitude that Bill C-384, which would have liberalized euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, has not received enough support to proceed. The measure was defeated yesterday in the House of...
by CCRL | Apr 15, 2010 | News
OTTAWA, April 15, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed support for a private member’s bill (PMB) introduced Wednesday by MP Rod Bruinooge (Winnipeg-South) that would make it a criminal offence for anyone to coerce a woman to terminate her...
by CCRL | Apr 14, 2010 | News
TORONTO, April 14, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is happy to announce that it will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a gala dinner June 10 in Toronto. Guest speaker will be Father Raymond De Souza, columnist with the National Post. Ticket order form can be...
