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Statement on the Denial of Conscientious Objection from the “Effective Referral” Mandate
Ontario is the only provincial or territorial jurisdiction which has made demands to this extent with its doctors. Other jurisdictions have elected to recognize such conscientious objections, or have provided a means to allow other transfers of a patient’s file, without infringing such rights.
read moreNational March for Life 2019
The right to life and the sanctity of human life is fundamental to all of the civil rights issues that the CCRL addresses through its work.
read moreAn Easter Message from CCRL President Phil Horgan
On behalf of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) and our national Board, may you find joy in the Risen Christ, who remains the answer to all our troubles.
read moreStatement on Quebec Bill 21 to Remove Religious Symbols from Quebec Public Sector Workers
The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) notes with regret last week’s introduction of proposed legislation to force all religious symbols to be removed by specific public sector workers in the province of Quebec.
read moreDéclaration sur le projet de loi 21 au Québec visant à supprimer les symboles religieux des travailleurs du secteur public québécois
La Ligue catholique des droits humains (LCDH) note avec regret la présentation, la semaine dernière, d’un projet de loi visant à obliger certains travailleurs du secteur public à enlever tout symbole religieux.
read moreAttacks at Places of Worship have no place in Canada or in any Civilized Society
The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) notes with alarm and despair this morning’s knife attack of Father Claude Grou, rector of St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, while presiding at morning Mass.
read more2018 CCRL Annual Report
The League issued its 2018 Annual Report on December 12, 2018 at the CCRL’s AGM in Toronto.
read moreThe CCRL Participates In Ontario Court of Appeal with Oral Arguments in Support of Physicians’ Conscience Rights
The CCRL’s lawyer, Mr. Emrys Davis, submitted that moral rights are central to one’s sense of human dignity, and that it was unacceptable to marginalize objecting physicians as religious extremists.
read moreNo Victory in Government’s Re-Working of Canada Summer Jobs Application
The government has moved from an attestation requirement, or forced speech, by having to check a box in support of its views on “reproductive health”, which included unfettered access to abortion at all stages or its views on gender ideology, to a new requirement. It now seeks applicants to confirm that it will not engage in certain “proposed activities” in respect of otherwise legitimate beliefs with which the current government disagrees.
read moreFilmmaker Kevin Dunn is the CCRL’s Guest Speaker at our AGM on December 12, 2018 in Toronto
On Wednesday, December 12, we will be having our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the atrium of St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica in Toronto, preceded by Mass at 6:30 pm in the Crypt Chapel of the Cathedral. Our guest presenter is Catholic filmmaker Kevin Dunn.
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Statement on the Denial of Conscientious Objection from the “Effective Referral” Mandate: https://t.co/W81evznsU1
The CCRL is preparing its release regarding this morning's decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal to uphold the effective referral mandate, which forces physicians to refer patients to others to perform procedures that they find morally objectionable.
Today's ruling agrees that they are being discriminated against on the basis of religion when they are required to provide referrals for such services, but says the infringement is a justified one under section 1 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. https://t.co/DirUzIQDLg
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