The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:06:48 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Rights league to intervene in religious freedom case /item/25980-rights-league-to-intervene-in-religious-freedom-case /item/25980-rights-league-to-intervene-in-religious-freedom-case

The Catholic Civil Rights League has become an unlikely ally of a JehovahƵapp Witness congregation in a case coming before the Supreme Court.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:21:27 -0400
Quebec bill looks to expand powers of its human rights commission /item/20817-quebec-bill-looks-to-expand-powers-of-its-human-rights-commission /item/20817-quebec-bill-looks-to-expand-powers-of-its-human-rights-commission

OTTAWA - A Quebec bill that would give the provinceƵapp human rights commission expanded powers will only “amplify” these powers at a time when many are calling for a curbing of these commissions, critics say.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:00:13 -0400
Ontario physicians college draft policy would trample conscience rights /item/19375-ontario-physicians-college-draft-policy-would-trample-conscience-rights /item/19375-ontario-physicians-college-draft-policy-would-trample-conscience-rights

OTTAWA - The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's draft human rights policy would trample religious freedom and freedom of conscience, say groups defending those rights.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:45:00 -0500