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BC Human Rights Tribunal rejects student pro-life groups complaint
By Hilary White VANCOUVER, January 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two separate Human Rights Commission complaints launched by student pro-life groups in British Columbia have received rulings. One complaint has been denied, while the other has been permitted to go...
The closed minds of today’s intellectuals
By David Warren Over the last fortnight I have been writing much about threats to freedom of speech and press in Canada, without mentioning the rest of the world. "Human rights" commissions or the like - kangaroo courts and star chambers designed to silence the...
Pro-life view deserves equal time, says League
TORONTO, January 18, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today criticized the denial of official club status to a pro-life club at Lakehead University and expressed concern about the growth of such incidents in Canada’s universities over the past few years. There...
Bishop Henry calls for overhaul of human rights commissions
By Deborah Gyapong Canadian Catholic News CALGARY Bishop Fred Henry is calling for an overhaul of legislation governing human rights commissions. "Human rights laws, designed as a shield, are now being used as a sword," Henry wrote in a December 31 email from Calgary,...
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Stop the use of human rights’ commissions in free speech cases
TORONTO, December 31, 2007 - The news in early December that Mark Steyn and Macleans Magazine are the subject of a complaint to the B.C. and federal Human Rights Commissions because of an article the magazine published, excerpted from Mr. Steyn’s book “America Alone”,...
Secular Christmas celebration pointless, Pope says
Vatican, Dec. 19 (CWNews.com) - At his weekly public audience on December 19, Pope Benedict XVI said that a secular Christmas celebration is impossible. "If we do not recognize that God was made man, what sense does it have to celebrate Christmas?" the Holy Father...
Catholic magazine target of human rights complaint
TORONTO, Ont., December 20, 2007 - Canada’s national Catholic magazine of news, opinion and analysis has joined a range of other, prominent publications, groups and individuals who have recently become targets of human rights-based legal attacks. The Canadian Human...
Merry Christmas from everyone at the League
TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2007 - Many Christians believe Christ was effectively taken out of Christmas years ago, when December became better known as the make-it-or-break it season for retailers than the celebration of Advent and the birth of the Messiah. In recent years,...
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