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Coalition including League to intervene in Quebec schools appeal
MONTREAL, March 30, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its joint application to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) appeal in the case of Quebec families seeking exemption from Quebec’s Ethics and Religious Culture (ECR)...
League to participate in appeal of prostitution ruling
TORONTO, March 11, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today announced that its application to intervene jointly in the Ontario Court of Appeal in the appeal of an Ontario court ruling that would remove the remaining legal restrictions on prostitution has been...
Linda Gibbons’ case to be heard at SCC
TORONTO, March 9, 2011 (CCRL) - The League was pleased to learn recently that the case of Linda Gibbons, who has spent nine of the past 16 years in jail for peaceful protest near a Toronto abortion clinic, will be heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. All her arrests...
Pro-life activist to get Supreme Court date
By Charles Lewis TORONTO, ON, February 22, 2011 © National Post - An anti-abortion activist jailed nearly two years ago for refusing to stop picketing a Toronto abortion clinic will get her case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada - but it does not mean she will be...
Carleton club sues; other groups problems continue
OTTAWA, February 23, 2011 (CCRL) - Although many university pro-life clubs operate as freely as other campus groups, problems continue at several campuses across Canada. At Carleton University, probably the first school where students were actually handcuffed while...
League protests Bell decision to drop EWTN
TORONTO, February 16, 2011 - The League has written to Bell Express Vu customer service and to Bell Canada’s executive team asking them to reconsider the decision to discontinue Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)at the end of February. We pointed out that many...
Cross to stay in Quebec legislature
QUEBEC CITY, QC, February 16, 2011 - The crucifix is staying in Quebec's legislature despite an order by the province's human rights tribunal that the city of Saguenay end the practice of reciting a Christian prayer at the start of council meetings. (Quebec town...
Hateful taste in art
Toronto, February 15, 2011 - On Jan. 29, a small private art gallery in Toronto issued a press release publicizing an upcoming show that includes a portrait of Pope Benedict riddled with obvious small, round holes and a representation of U.S. President Barak Obama...
Freedom of Christian universities challenged
TORONTO, February 11, 2011 (CCRL) - The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has once again targeted Christian universities for supposedly restricting academic freedom by requiring staff to sign a faith statement (National Post editorial, Feb. 11, 2011)....
Addition of gender identity to human rights law is of concern, says League
OTTAWA, February 10, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its concerns that Bill C-389, which passed yesterday evening in the House of Commons by a vote of 143 to 135, could pose problems for human rights law and equality concerns in general. The...
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