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Death of Joanne McGarry – Executive Director of the League
Dear Friends, I regret to advise that our dear friend and colleague, Joanne McGarry, passed away this past Sunday, April 27, 2014, in the late evening. Joanne had been quietly battling pancreatic cancer for the past two years, but the disease took its toll this...
CCRL dinner to be held May 22
TORONTO, ON April 22, 2014 – The Catholic Civil Rights League will hold its annual dinner Thursday May 22 at Spirale’s Banquet and Conference Centre, Toronto. Guest speaker will be Brian Lilley, columnist and broadcaster with Sun News Media. The evening will also...
University of Calgary to hear pro-life students appeal
CALGARY, Alberta, April 8, 2014 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to note that an Alberta court has ruled that University of Calgary officials violated the rights of pro-life students when they found members of Campus Pro-Life guilty in 2010 of...
CCRL supports Motion for better palliative care
OTTAWA, ON April 3, 2014 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its support for Motion M-456. Introduced by MP Charlie Angus (NDP – Timmins-James Bay), the motion was seconded by Conservative MPs Maurice Vellacott and Harold Albrecht after its first hour...
League supports March for Life
OTTAWA, ON March 27, 2014 - The Catholic Civil Rights is pleased to announce its continued support for the national March for Life, to take place in Ottawa May 8 with representation from across the country. As in previous years, the League is encouraging its members...
MP to introduce bills on assisted suicide
OTTAWA, ON March 26, 2014 -- Stephen Fletcher, MP, plans to introduce two private members bills, one to legalize assisted suicide in Canada and the second to monitor and regulate the practice. Due to the position of Mr. Fletcher in the order of...
League presents intervention in Loyola case
OTTAWA, ON March 24, 2014 - The League was at the Supreme Court of Canada today to present arguments in Loyola High School, et al v. Attorney General of Quebec. At issue is Loyola’s request to teach the province’s mandatory Ethics and Religious Culture (ECR) course...
“No more Christian doctors”
A 25 year old woman could not obtain a prescription for contraceptives at a clinic in Ottawa because the physician did not prescribe them for reasons of "medical judgment as well as professional ethical concerns and religious values." She obtained the...
League welcomes delay in Quebecs Bill 52
MONTREAL, QC February 21, 2014 - The delay in the passage of Quebec’s Bill 52, which would allow euthanasia in certain circumstances, gives individuals and groups on both sides of the issue time to reflect on better ways to provide better end-of-life care both in...
CCRL opposes approval of RU-486
OTTAWA, ON February 19, 2014 - The League has written to federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose asking that the abortion drug RU-486 not be approved for Canada. Opposition to the drug, under the theme “RU-4Life?” is the theme of this year’s March for Life in...
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