Opinion Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:10:27 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Summer jobs attestation battle suffers a legal setback /item/29134-summer-jobs-attestation-battle-suffers-a-legal-setback /item/29134-summer-jobs-attestation-battle-suffers-a-legal-setback

OTTAWA – Seven of the eight groups or businesses challenging last yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp pro-abortion Canada Summer Jobs attestation on constitutional grounds received a setback in federal court Feb. 22.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:04:02 -0500
Summer Jobs attestation language concerns bishops, despite 'step in right direction' /item/28789-summer-jobs-attestation-language-concerns-bishops-despite-step-in-right-direction /item/28789-summer-jobs-attestation-language-concerns-bishops-despite-step-in-right-direction

OTTAWA – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is welcoming the revisions to the Canada Summer Jobs application, but not without reservations.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:09:22 -0500
Canadian bishops ‘pleased’ with changes to Summer Jobs attestation /item/28753-canadian-bishops-pleased-with-changes-to-summer-jobs-attestation /item/28753-canadian-bishops-pleased-with-changes-to-summer-jobs-attestation

OTTAWA – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) is welcoming the revisions to the Canada Summer Jobs application.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:03:47 -0500
Canada Summer Jobs attestation fight not over yet /item/28671-canada-summer-jobs-attestation-fight-not-over-yet /item/28671-canada-summer-jobs-attestation-fight-not-over-yet

OTTAWA – Lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of last yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp pro-abortion Canada Summer Jobs attestation remain active despite the governmentöÏÓãÊÓƵapp removal of the controversial values test.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:00:00 -0500
Pro-life groups divided on Canada Summer Jobs funding /item/28652-pro-life-groups-divided-on-canada-summer-jobs-funding /item/28652-pro-life-groups-divided-on-canada-summer-jobs-funding

OTTAWA – Lawyers representing groups suing the Employment Minister over last yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp pro-abortion Canada Summer Jobs attestation say pro-life groups should be eligible for funding this year.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:49:42 -0500
Editorial: Canada Summer Jobs policy still lacking /columns/item/28619-editorial-canada-summer-jobs-policy-still-lacking /columns/item/28619-editorial-canada-summer-jobs-policy-still-lacking

Far too late to save the summer jobs of thousands of students who went unemployed last summer, the government has finally conceded a heavy handed edict to link a public grant with Liberal Party ideology was a dumb idea.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:28:06 -0500
Government changing Canada Summer Jobs attestation in wake of controversy /item/28574-government-changing-canada-summer-jobs-attestation-in-wake-of-controversy /item/28574-government-changing-canada-summer-jobs-attestation-in-wake-of-controversy

OTTAWA – CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Liberal government will change the controversial pro-abortion attestation on its Canada Summer Jobs applications for 2019, but some pro-life advocates are not impressed.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:12:02 -0500
Catholic Women's League sees hope for change with jobs attestation, palliative care /item/28566-catholic-women-s-league-sees-hope-for-change-with-jobs-attestation-palliative-care /item/28566-catholic-women-s-league-sees-hope-for-change-with-jobs-attestation-palliative-care

OTTAWA – Changes may be coming to the controversial Canada Summer Jobs attestation requirement, concluded a delegation from the Catholic WomenöÏÓãÊÓƵapp League after a series of meetings on Parliament Hill.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:56:42 -0500
Andrew Scheer vows to end funding attestation with Conservative government /item/28472-andrew-scheer-vows-to-end-funding-attestation-with-conservative-government /item/28472-andrew-scheer-vows-to-end-funding-attestation-with-conservative-government

The federal governmentöÏÓãÊÓƵapp requirement that churches and their agencies sign an attestation endorsing abortion as a human right before receiving summer job funding violates Canadian human rights in the same way Christian human rights have been violated throughout the Middle East, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer told about 300 people gathered for the annual Christians in the Middle East Benefit Dinner in Toronto Nov. 17.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:20:14 -0500
Charity faces another court fight with federal government to defend their advocacy activity /item/27863-charity-faces-another-court-fight-with-federal-government-to-defend-their-advocacy-activity /item/27863-charity-faces-another-court-fight-with-federal-government-to-defend-their-advocacy-activity

OTTAWA – A poverty-fighting group, fresh from a victory over a law that threatened its status as a charity, is facing another round of legal fighting after the federal government appealed the court ruling.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:51:22 -0400