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Ligue appuie APCQ
Mémoire présenté à la Commission de consultation sur les pratiques d’accommodements raisonnables par l’Association des parents catholiques du Québec. Ce mémoire, présenté le 10 décembre, est appuyé par la Ligue catholique des droits de l’homme.
Whatcott loses appeal from Human Rights Tribunal decision
REGINA, Sask. Dec. 14, 2007 – The appeal by William Whatcott to the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench from his conviction and fine of $17,500.00 by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal was denied by the Judgment of Mr. Justice F. Kovatch in a decision received on...
League welcomes next step in legislation for unborn victims of violence
OTTAWA, December 6, 2007 (CCRL) - A Parliamentary subcommittee has ruled the Unborn Victims of Crime Act, introduced by Conservative MP Ken Epp, 'votable', meaning that it will be able to come before the full House of Commons for a vote. This is good news for the...
New encyclical a reflection on hope
Spe Salvi, the 2nd encyclical letter of Pope Benedict XVI is a profound, tightly reasoned, but very readable meditation on the theological virtue of hope. Following the usual practice, the encyclical takes its title from the first words of the document, a quotation...
Canada Gave $80 Million To De-Population Groups in 2006/07 through CIDA
By Hilary White OTTAWA, November 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Information available from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) shows that Canada's Conservative government is donating millions that will help fund the anti-life activities of the United Nations...
Golden Compass: Parents cautioned about the ideas behind the fantasy
TORONTO, Nov. 26, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today commented on the anti-religious sentiment fueling the trilogy on which the movie “The Golden Compass” is based. The League advises parents that there is strong anti-religious content in the...
Stem cell research revolution could spell end for ‘therapeutic cloning’
LONDON, England - Landmark research published today by scientists in America and Japan is likely to render plans to clone human embryos redundant in the quest for revolutionary new treatments. Both research groups have found a way to reprogram human skin cells so they...
Stem cell advance welcome, says League
TORONTO, November 21, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today welcomed the announcement of new techniques in stem cell technology that make it possible to recreate human embryonic cells from the skin and give them the power to become any cell in the human body....
Lettre ouvert de Cardinal Ouellet
Lettre ouvert aux catholiques de Quebec, par Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Nov. 21, 2007 Accomodements raisonnable et Liberte Religeuse au Quebec. Memoire du Cardinal Ouellet au Commission Taylor Bouchard
Another Federal Employee takes Union to HRC over Anti-Catholic Discrimination
OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 6, 2007 - A member and officer of Canada’s civil service union, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), has brought a complaint before the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) against the union and the Treasury Board charging them with...
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