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TORONTO, Ont. Oct. 7, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League, Christian Legal Fellowship and REAL Women of Canada have filed their factum in the court challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws. Their arguments emphasize the shared morality of Canadians, and point out...

OTTAWA, Oct. 6, 2009 (CCRL) – Bill C-384, the private member’s bill that would legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in certain cases, received its first hour of parliamentary debate on Friday, Oct. 2. The debate included eight speeches on C-384 with two in favour:...

TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2009 - The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its joint application to intervene in the national challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws has been accepted by the Ontario Court of Appeal. The intervention, filed in alliance with...

GUELPH, Ontario, September 11, 2009 (CCRL) - The Wellington Catholic District School Board has recently had a human rights complaint filed against it because of its policy, standard in all Ontario Catholic elementary school boards, of only hiring teachers who are...

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DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec, Sept. 3, 2009 (CCRL) - The Quebec Superior Court has ruled against parents who, opposed to the compulsory Ethics and religious culture curriculum, had requested that their fundamental rights of freedom of conscience and religion be respected. In...

OTTAWA, September 3, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that Section 13, the controversial Internet hate speech section of the Canadian Human Rights Code, is inconsistent with the Charter right...

By Andrea Mrozek And Rebecca Walberg National Post, Aug. 21, 2009 'Safe, legal and rare" is the mantra of consensus-seeking pro-choice feminists, and one that at least acknowledges that abortion is not a desirable outcome for any pregnancy. But today in Quebec,...

By Benjamin Shingler Fredericton, NB, Aug. 19, 2009 - The province will not pursue an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada in its ongoing legal battle with Dr. Henry Morgentaler over public funding of abortions. Morgentaler is suing the province, arguing on behalf...

OTTAWA, Aug. 13, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has written to Prime Minister Harper, with copies to the leaders of the other major parties, to express our concerns about current pressures to liberalize our laws on euthanasia and assisted suicide. In our...