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League praises Cardinal Ambrozics service to Church in Canada
TORONTO, ON August 26, 2011 – Statement from Philip Horgan, President of the Catholic Civil Rights League: Members of the Catholic Civil Rights League were greatly saddened to learn of the death this morning of His Eminence Cardinal Ambrozic. He was a great...
School policies must respect parents rights, says League
TORONTO, ON August 25, 2011 - As schools re-open across Canada, many League members are involved in situations challenging parental authority in religious education, such as in Quebec, where moves against traditional religious content are extending even to daycares...
World Youth Day coverage misleading
TORONTO, ON Aug. 23, 2011 - World Youth Day in Madrid did not attract a great deal of media coverage and what there was tended to focus on a small protest rather than on the large number of pilgrims. Concerns about costs were reported deadpan, despite the easily...
CBSC downplays concerns about watershed hour
TORONTO, August 22, 2011 - On July 28, HBO Canada aired the documentary “Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Activist and Rebel” at 3:30 p.m. Because the program featured adult topics and nude photographs it was clearly outside the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council’s (CBSC)...
Reports says religious freedom declining worldwide
UNITED NATIONS, August 10, 2011 – Religious tolerance is in retreat in many parts of the world, with one third of people facing increased harassment in the practice of their faith, a new study says. Religious freedom has increased for only one per cent of the world’s...
Saskatchewan hate speech provision must be struck, says League
OTTAWA, August 11, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League, intervenor in the Supreme Court of Canada Appeal of the case between William Whatcott and the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, has filed its factum in the case and made it available online. Download...
Doctors cannot arbitrarily overrule family in end-of-life care, court rules
TORONTO, July 20, 2011 (CCRL) - The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled unanimously June 29 that doctors cannot unilaterally cease treatment over the objections of family members, but rather that it is necessary for them to refer their concerns to the Ontario Consent and...
Proposal to change prostitution law welcomed
TORONTO, July 15, 2011 - The League has written to MP Joy Smith to thank her for her plan to introduce a private member’s bill that would strengthen Canada’s prostitution laws. The proposal, which will be introduced this Fall, is based on the “Nordic model,” adopted...
Parents first protectors
Parents the first protectors of civil liberties League releases declaration on parental authority in education 11 July, 2011 For immediate release “It is now time to recognize that parents are the first line of defence against the abuse of state power in education,...
Parents’ primary role in civil liberties asserted
VANCOUVER, BC July 11, 2011 - The Catholic Civil Rights League has responded to issues raised by the recent adoption of an equity policy at the Burnaby School Board with a Declaration on the Authority of Parents and Guardians in the Education of their Children. The...
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