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Motion an opportunity to evaluate anti-bullying strategies
TORONTO, May 22, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the motion of Toronto Catholic School Trustee Gary Tanuan to address a response to anti-bullying strategies in Toronto’s Catholic schools and use the Ontario Bishops’ and Catholic trustees’...
Father de Valk winner of CCRL award
TORONTO, ON May 17, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that it has chosen pro-life activist, writer and editor Father Alphonse de Valk, CSB, as winner of this year’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life. The...
League to intervene in SCC appeal in prostitution case
OTTAWA, ON May 1, 2013 - The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its application to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) appeal of the Ontario court decision legalizing keeping a common bawdy house and communicating for the purpose of...
League annual dinner to take place May 30
TORONTO, ON April 19, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its annual dinner will take place May 30 at Spirale Banquet and Conference Centre in Toronto. The evening will include a keynote address by Stephen Woodworth, MP...
League supports March for Life
OTTAWA, ON April 12, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights is proud to announce its continued support for the national March for Life, to take place in Ottawa May 9 with representation from across the country. As in previous years, the League is encouraging its members to...
CBC uses Tim Bits and coffee in Communion satire
TORONTO, ON February 25, 2013 - The CBC program “This Hour has 22 Minutes” featured a short skit February 19 satirizing the possibilities of a Canadian becoming pope. During a spoof of parishioners receiving Holy Communion, Tim Bits and Tim Hortons Coffee were...
CCRL regrets Motion 403 deemed unvotable
OTTAWA, ON March 22, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League regrets that Motion 408 has been deemed unvotable and therefore will not be brought forward in the House of Commons. On September 27, 2012, Member of Parliament Mark Warawa (PC - Langley) introduced Motion...
League responds to news coverage of Pope
TORONTO, February 21, 2013 - Media coverage of Pope Benedict’s resignation (or as it is formally known, renunciation of the papacy), has included a real mixture of good articles along with some needlessly negative, sometimes downright anti-Catholic vitriol,...
Gender identity bill passes in House of Commons
OTTAWA, ON March 21, 2013 – Bill C-279, which would add “gender identity” to the Canadian Human Rights Act as a prohibited ground for discrimination, passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons March 20 by a vote of 149-137. The League opposed this...
League President to attend papal inauguration ceremonies
TORONTO, ON March 18, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its President Philip Horgan is part of the Canadian delegation to visit the Holy See for the inauguration of Pope Francis. Led by Governor General David Johnston, the...
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