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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...

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...

   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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

TORONTO February 17, 2014 - The League has written to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society (NSBS) encouraging its members to welcome future graduates of Trinity Western University’s proposed law school, noting that failure to do so would violate religious freedom. The...

TORONTO, ON February 6, 2014 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the report of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which accused the Vatican of systematically covering up child sexual abuse and called for changes to Church attitudes toward...

(Vatican Radio- February 5, 2014) The United Nations has issued concluding observations on the reviewed reports of the Holy See and five States , Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It follows a hearing at the UN in Geneva attended by a group from...