by CCRL | Feb 26, 2010 | Media Watch
(From our February, 2010 newsletter) Thanks to the efforts of so many, including our membership, the pro-life advertisement featuring Tim Tebow went ahead on The Super Bowl as scheduled. While various broadcast advertising regulations blocked it in Canada, it can be...
by CCRL | Feb 26, 2010 | News
MONTREAL, Feb. 26, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today called on the Quebec ministry of education to extend religious freedom to all Quebec parents by making the new “Course on Ethics and Religious Culture” optional for all students, not just those in...
by CCRL | Feb 23, 2010 | News
TORONTO, Feb. 19, 2010 – Pro-life groups applying for club status on university campuses continue to face scrutiny by student associations and many have had status denied or suspended. Clubs at Lakehead, York, Carleton, Memorial, McGill, Guelph, Calgary,...
by CCRL | Feb 18, 2010 | News
WINNIPEG, Feb. 18, 2010 – The League’s Manitoba region sponsored a presentation February 16 at St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba with Sonia Mata of Opus Dei, a well known but little understood Catholic organization. The League’s apostolate focuses on...
by CCRL | Feb 4, 2010 | News
OTTAWA, February 3, 2010 – On February 2, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper “to assure Canadians that he won’t change Canada’s long-standing tradition of recognizing women’s reproductive rights and access to contraception...
by CCRL | Feb 3, 2010 | News
TORONTO, ON February 3, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on news that the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has claimed Trinity Western University of Langley BC falls below an accepted standard of academic freedom because it...
by CCRL | Jan 28, 2010 | News
A Christian charitable organization in Calgary has had its charitable status revoked, in part because of public statements by board members. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) in December told Kings Glory Ministry, which had operated as a registered charity for...
by CCRL | Jan 28, 2010 | News
The past few months have brought news of policy initiatives that raise questions about the ability of those in public life to express traditional religious beliefs, and the rights of parents in the education of their children. In Ontario, questions have also been...
by CCRL | Jan 21, 2010 | News
by Douglas Farrow The Québec policy against homophobia was released in December with introductory fanfare from Premier Jean Charest and Justice Minister Kathleen Weil, who is officially “the minister responsible for the fight against homophobia.” It diagrams a...
by CCRL | Jan 14, 2010 | News
WINDSOR, Ont. January 14, 2010 – Frank Chauvin, founder of Haiti’s first orphanage for girls and the recipient of the League’s 2009 Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life, will be providing relief aid to victims of the massive earthquake in...
