by CCRL | Jan 19, 2008 | News
By David Warren Over the last fortnight I have been writing much about threats to freedom of speech and press in Canada, without mentioning the rest of the world. “Human rights” commissions or the like – kangaroo courts and star chambers designed to...
by CCRL | Jan 18, 2008 | News
TORONTO, January 18, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today criticized the denial of official club status to a pro-life club at Lakehead University and expressed concern about the growth of such incidents in Canada’s universities over the past few years. There...
by CCRL | Jan 14, 2008 | News
By Deborah Gyapong Canadian Catholic News CALGARY Bishop Fred Henry is calling for an overhaul of legislation governing human rights commissions. “Human rights laws, designed as a shield, are now being used as a sword,” Henry wrote in a December 31 email...
by CCRL | Jan 2, 2008 | News
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by CCRL | Jan 2, 2008 | News
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by CCRL | Dec 31, 2007 | Issues
TORONTO, December 31, 2007 – The news in early December that Mark Steyn and Macleans Magazine are the subject of a complaint to the B.C. and federal Human Rights Commissions because of an article the magazine published, excerpted from Mr. Steyn’s book “America...
by CCRL | Dec 20, 2007 | News
TORONTO, Ont., December 20, 2007 – Canada’s national Catholic magazine of news, opinion and analysis has joined a range of other, prominent publications, groups and individuals who have recently become targets of human rights-based legal attacks. The Canadian...
by CCRL | Dec 20, 2007 | News
Vatican, Dec. 19 (CWNews.com) – At his weekly public audience on December 19, Pope Benedict XVI said that a secular Christmas celebration is impossible. “If we do not recognize that God was made man, what sense does it have to celebrate Christmas?”...
by CCRL | Dec 18, 2007 | News
TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2007 – Many Christians believe Christ was effectively taken out of Christmas years ago, when December became better known as the make-it-or-break it season for retailers than the celebration of Advent and the birth of the Messiah. In recent...
by CCRL | Dec 17, 2007 | News
Mémoire présenté à la Commission de consultation sur les pratiques d’accommodements raisonnables par l’Association des parents catholiques du Québec. Ce mémoire, présenté le 10 décembre, est appuyé par la Ligue catholique des droits de l’homme.