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Prolife, ALL IN: The CCRL supports the March for Life
The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is pleased to extend its continued support for the national March for Life taking place in Ottawa today with representation from across the country. The theme for this year’s march is Prolife, ALL IN.
read moreThe CCRL Opposes Alberta Bill 9, Protecting Choice for Women Accessing Health Care Act
The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) expresses its disappointment with the Alberta NDP government’s introduction of Bill 9, Protecting Choice for Women Accessing Health Care Act, which is a clear overreach and Charter infringement vis a vis freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, and religion.
read moreAn Easter Message from CCRL President Phil Horgan
Let us find that time with our risen Lord, and be ambassadors of the joy of His victory over death.
read moreCCRL Petition Against Demands for Ideological Conformity, “Just check the box!”
We must dare to dissent. As Catholic Christians, we need to live within the truth. We have a far more profound understanding of the meaning of the human person, formed in the image and likeness of God. The effort of the federal government to impose the euphemism of “reproductive rights” or “inclusion”, in opposition to profound understandings of science and our Catholic faith, in order to secure a modest public benefit, is an outrageous diktat more suited to oppressive regimes.
read moreDavid Warren’s CCRL AGM Keynote Available Online
On Friday, February 2, at the League’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Toronto, our guest speaker David Warren gave the following talk…
read more2017 CCRL Annual Report
The League issued its 2017 Annual Report on February 2, 2018 at the CCRL’s AGM in Toronto.
read moreThe Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) Welcomes the PC Leadership Campaign of Our Board Member Tanya Granic Allen
We look forward to Tanya’s efforts. In fact, Tanya’s candidacy will challenge the prevailing media mindset about the views of typical Ontarians, who have been subjected to incremental limitations on our cherished freedoms. We are hopeful that a fair treatment of her candidacy will bring serious attention to matters of grave consequence to this province, and to Canada.
read moreDivisional Court Accepts Religious and Conscientious Infringement on Ontario Doctors
Demanding that someone participate in perceived wrongdoing demands the submission of intellect, will and conscience, reducing the person to the status of a thing, to a tool to be used by others, to servitude that cannot be reconciled with principles of equality. It is an assault on human dignity that deprives physicians of their essential humanity.
read moreDavid Warren is the CCRL’s Guest Speaker at our AGM on February 2, 2018 in Toronto
On Friday, February 2, we will be having our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the hall of Holy Rosary Church, 356 St. Clair Avenue West, M5P 1N4. The AGM will begin at 7 pm with David Warren speaking at 7:30 pm.
read moreThe Trudeau Government – Abortion Absolutists – Imposes its Will over the Conscientious and Religious Freedoms of Canadians
The Prime Minister’s position at “drawing a line” on prolife positions is utterly unacceptable, since it violates the very Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is cited by the government as the basis of its policy. It allows certain policy positions to trump constitutional protections. It suggests that in order to receive government benefits, compliance with the government’s position is required. It actually serves to suppress free speech and association rights, by requiring compelled speech, or silence, in compliance with the ideology of the governing party.
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The CCRL thanks @globalnewsto @ConsumerSOS @Reporter_Ryan for this story. Christian Elia, our executive director contributed.
Toronto police investigating another violent incident recorded at anti-abortion rally https://t.co/h2eUbXohMB
@clcyouthprolife @archtoronto
Our executive director Christian Elia was quoted in this story and he briefly appears in the video footage. Violence flares at several abortion protests in GTA https://t.co/hUsgVnPLco
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