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TORONTO, May 16, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today launched a new section on its website to help correct the series of lies and half-truths so engagingly presented in the Da Vinci Code, the best-selling novel that will be released as a movie...

OTTAWA, May 5, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is proud to help sponsor the annual March for Life, which takes place May 11 on Parliament Hill. The event, organized by the national office of Campaign Life Coalition, is attended by pro-life Canadians from all...

TORONTO, May 4, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) has joined forces with 11 other pro-family organizations across Canada in the Defend Marriage Coalition to work toward a winning vote in Parliament in support of traditional marriage. Prime Minister...

TORONTO, Ont. April 18, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) has applauded the recent decision of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, which unanimously overturned a 2002 decision and a previous human rights commission ruling that an advertisement...

TORONTO, April 12, 2006 - The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today commented on the state of Easter programming on Canada's major media. While applauding the many offerings that will help Christians reflect on the holiest season of the liturgical calendar,...

TORONTO, Ont. April 7, 2006 - The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today expressed concern about the CRTC decision to grant an FM radio license to Rainbow Media Group for a station devoted to gay and lesbian interests. The CRTC (Canadian Radio Television and...

TORONTO, April 4, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today expressed its support for a federal government employee who is seeking federal judicial review of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s refusal to hear her complaint in her union’s refusal to...

TORONTO, March 7, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today expressed disgust at the publication of a cartoon in the University of Saskatchewan student newspaper “The Sheaf” depicting Jesus engaged in oral sex with a pig. The cartoon, which appeared...

OTTAWA, February 27, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today commented on the Supreme Court of Canada’s refusal to hear an appeal by two Manitoba women who want the province to pay for abortions outside public hospitals. As is customary, the SCC...

OTTAWA, Feb. 9, 2006 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) today welcomed the announcement that the newly-appointed federal Justice Minister Vic Toews plans to raise the age of consent for sex from 14 to 16. Mr. Toews said he will introduce legislation when...