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League encourages CRTC to review processes for complaints of defamation. Submission to CRTC, Sept. 1, 2006.

VANCOUVER, Aug. 28, 2006 – More than 800 people who rallied here on Saturday in  heard that there was reason to be concerned about the future of public education in British Columbia. The rally was held to protest an agreement by the government with homosexual...

Father Raymond J. De Souza on the International AIDS conference in Toronto. Copyright National Post, August 17, 2006. Reprinted with permission.

How Church delivers on AIDS, by Father Thomas Rosica, Toronto Sun, Aug. 13, 2006

OTTAWA, Aug. 9, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on reports that MP Leon Benoit’s private members’ bill attempting to make murderers guilty of more than one homicide if a woman is pregnant was deemed non-votable under advice from Justice...

Marriage debate focuses on children's rights. Feature article from The Calgary Herald, June 25, 2006

TORONTO, June 20, 2006 - The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the controversy surrounding the decision of Ryerson University to grant an honorary degree to Margaret Somerville, professor of the Faculties of Law and Medicine at McGill University. Dr....

TORONTO, June 20, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League congratulates its co-founder, Dr. Thomas Langan, and his wife, Dr. Janine Langan, who, with others being honoured by the diocese, today received Papal Honours for their outstanding contributions to the Church....

TORONTO, May 31, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is hosting a luncheon Wednesday, June 14 at Charbonnel Lounge, University of St. Michael’s College, in downtown Toronto. Guest speaker Dr.Moira McQueen, director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute, will discuss bioethics and the media. Ticket order form can be downloaded, or requested by phone at 416-466-8244. This event is open to all League supporters and their guests.

OTTAWA, May 18, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca)  today welcomed the introduction of a private members’ bill that would make it a separate offence to kill or injure an unborn child while committing a violent crime against its mother....