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Catholic Insight responds to Moon report on Section 13 of the CHRA
Catholic Insight has formally responded to federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson on the Moon report concerning Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. It supports the abolition of the section. Below is the text of the magazine’s submission....
Atheist advertising coming to Toronto
TORONTO, ON Jan. 29, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the approval of atheist advocacy advertising on Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) buses. The application was approved yesterday. "There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy...
Language cant be cleansed of all faith references, says League
TORONTO, ON. Jan. 26, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on reports that a Cornwall, Ontario branch of Canada Post has banned the use of the greeting “Merci, Seigneur, pour la belle journee (Thank you, Lord, for the beautiful day)” after a...
Poll shows 92 percent of Canadians unaware abortion permitted up to birth
January 12, 2009 - An Angus Reid poll has found that a vast majority of Canadians do not know that under the country’s current legal situation the killing of an unborn child is permitted at any time from conception up to the moment of birth. The poll results have been...
Outcry proves an abortion law is needed, says League
OTTAWA, Jan. 7, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today stated that the strong and ongoing reaction to an MP’s recent suggestion that Canada needs an abortion law reminds us once again that this is in fact an issue for Parliament to address. MP Rod Bruinooge...
Quebec town council told to cut out prayer time
MONTREAL, QC, Jan. 5, 2008 (CCRL) - Trois-Rivieres recently became the latest Quebec town to be told to refrain from holding prayers before council meetings. In a non-binding decision, the province's human rights commission said Trois-Rivieres and other Quebec towns...
Papal speech did not mention homosexuality
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 23, 2008 - In his annual address to the Roman Curia, Pope Benedict mentioned that the Church cannot accept "gender ideology" because it is contrary to God's design for the human person. No one even vaguely familiar with Church teachings could...
Respect Quebec parents’ religious freedom, says League
Montreal, Dec. 19, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on news that a Quebec school board has suspended students because they chose not attend the course on religious ethics and culture which has been made mandatory throughout the province,...
Quebec’s creepy new curriculum
By Barbara Kay An often-quoted Jesuit maxim boasts, "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Only seven? Amateurs! Since September all Quebec students from primary school entry to high school graduation, whether enrolled in public or non-funded...
Movie Doubt does not cross line
TORONTO, Ont. Dec. 12, 2008 – The movie “Doubt” opens in Canada tonight. It centres around an unproven allegation of sexual misconduct between a priest and a boy in Grade 8, and is set in the Bronx in 1964. League Executive Director Joanne McGarry attended the preview...
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