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Even before Ontario’s Bill 33, the Supporting Children and Students Act, was officially passed Nov. 20, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association had voiced concerns about the problems it could cause and the lack of input from its members.

Liberal MPs on the justice and human rights committee voted Tuesday evening to approve a controversial Bloc Québécois amendment to Bill C-9 that removes the religious speech defence from Canada’s hate speech law.

Remarks made by multiple Liberal MPs and a Bloc Québécois representative in the House of Commons signal the two federal parties are poised to vote against Bill C-218, which aims to stop approval of euthanasia access to individuals solely living with a mental illness starting on March 17, 2027.

The Archdiocese of St. John’s ongoing insolvency restructuring will undergo multiple significant developments in the second half of December.

A deeply prayerful celebration greeted the return of 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada from the Vatican at Montreal’s Trudeau Airport Dec. 6.

Calls to the Canadian Human Trafficking hotline have nearly doubled from 2,600 in 2020 to 5,100 in 2024, according to new research released by the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (CCEHT).

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to retract the Liberal Party’s reported agreement with the Bloc Québécois to remove religious-belief exemptions from Canada’s hate speech laws.

It has become apparent to Molly Banerjei the Government of Ontario has no enthusiasm nor urgency to join with nearly 60 municipalities, three regions and the province of Saskatchewan in declaring December as Christian Heritage Month.

After The Catholic Register revealed that pro-life advocate Alissa Golob went undercover while 22 weeks pregnant to test whether late-term abortions were accessible in Canada without medical justification, the national response continues to intensify, with a new twist: a fourth hidden-camera video that Golob says she is legally barred from releasing.

Ahead of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Jubilee pilgrimage, spiritual director Fr. Tim Hanley and on-the-ground coordinator Neil MacCarthy urged the 108 pilgrims to meet any mishaps with grace.