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League presents brief to legislative committee
TORONTO, ON May 17, 2012 - The Catholic Civil Rights League presented its position about Ontario's Bills 13 and 14 at Queens Park May 15, appearing before the Standing Committee on Social Policy. We argued that anti-bullying policies in schools need to be based on...
League protests graphic, tax-funded museum exhibit
OTTAWA, May 16, 2012 - The League wrote May 11 to federal Heritage Minister, James Moore, as well as to the museum itself to protest the exhibit “Sex: a Tell-All Exhibition”, scheduled to run at Ottawa’s Museum of Science and Technology May 18 to early next year. The...
Canadian bishops issue statement on religious and conscientious freedom
OTTAWA, ON May 15, 2012 – The permanent council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a pastoral letter on Freedom of Conscience and Religion. The CCRL recommends a complete reading of the document, which summarizes numerous current concerns....
CCRL criticizes suspension over Jesus T-shirt
TORONTO, ON May 7, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League commented on the week-long suspension given to a student by the South Shore Regional School Board in Nova Scotia last week for wearing a “Jesus” T-shirt to school. The board had argued that the shirt, with its...
Bullying controversy focuses on school funding
TORONTO, ON May 2, 2012 - Many commentators are using the current controversy about anti-bullying programs in Ontario to attack the funding of Catholic schools. The League recently responded to two such articles, one in the National Post and one in the...
Appeal of prostitution ruling welcome, says CCRL
OTTAWA, ON April 26, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to learn that the federal government is seeking leave to appeal the ruling from the Ontario Court of Appeal that struck down several anti-prostitution laws. The League, an intervenor in the case,...
Anti-prayer Quebec tribunal ruling in Saguenay case flawed
By Nicholas Newman, MD On the 9th of February 2011 the Honorable Michèle Pauzé of the Québec Human rights Tribunal declared that no prayer or religious symbols are allowed in the Saguenay City Hall nor, indeed, anywhere in the apparatus of the State . ...
Sex selection a consequence of legal void on abortion, says CCRL
TORONTO, ON April 18, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on new reports that the selective abortion of females is happening in Canada among ethnic groups where boys are preferred. An editorial in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association in...
“The Three Stooges” and its Catholic images
TORONTO ON April 13, 2012 – The movie “The Three Stooges”, an updated take on one of the best-known slapstick trios, opened today across North America. The Stooges are depicted seeking to raise money to save an orphanage run by traditionally-dressed nuns. After seeing...
League gala dinner set for June 7
TORONTO ON April 11, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its annual gala dinner will take place June 7 at Spirale’s Banquet and Conference Centre in Toronto. The evening will include a keynote address by Professor Robert Ventresca,...
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