The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:36:28 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Civil liberties’ group onside with campus pro-lifers /item/20214-civil-liberties-group-onside-with-campus-pro-lifers /item/20214-civil-liberties-group-onside-with-campus-pro-lifers

TORONTO - Pro-life groups at Ontario universities have gained an influential ally in their fight for free speech on campus.
The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) released a position paper on April 29 opposing “the evident statutory and institutional bias that exists in Ontario against the free-expression rights of pro-life campaigners.”

]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Canada Mon, 04 May 2015 12:00:00 -0400 Civil liberties association says withholding abortion stats an affront to democracy /item/20145-civil-libertarians-agree-abortion-stats-should-be-released /item/20145-civil-libertarians-agree-abortion-stats-should-be-released

TORONTO - Ontario is violating basic principles of democracy and CanadaƵapp international treaty obligations by keeping abortion statistics secret, according to the Ontario Civil Liberties Association.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:00:00 -0400 Constitutional challenge seeks truth of abortion numbers /item/20100-constitutional-challenge-seeks-truth-of-abortion-numbers /item/20100-constitutional-challenge-seeks-truth-of-abortion-numbers

TORONTO - With 100,000 pink and blue flags littered across the front lawn of QueenƵapp Park representing CanadaƵapp annual abortion toll, a blogger and a Protestant civil rights organization announced a constitutional challenge to Ontario freedom of information laws that keep all abortion statistics secret.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:00:00 -0400