The chair of the Social Affairs Commission appealed to the Mohawks, the Quebec Government and the Federal Government for immediate peaceful solutions in the Oka situation, including removal of barricades, refraining from use of armed intervention, and pursuit of a just settlement of the Mohawk claims.
CCCB President, the Most Rev. Bernard Hubert, representing the CCCB at the march for “Peace and Justice” held at Oka, issued the statement “Achieving Peace at Oka”.
The Social Affairs Commission wrote to the prime minister urging a just and moral solution to the conflict at Oka.
The President of the CCCB wrote to the prime minister concerning constitutional recognition of the rights of Aboriginal Peoples.
A group of Innu people from Quebec and Labrador were met in Rome by Pope (now Saint) John Paul II.
The President of the CCCB wrote to the prime minister about the government’s decision to cut funding for post-secondary education of Native students.
The chair of the Social Affairs Commission wrote to the ministers of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and National Defence congratulating them for meeting with Innu leaders who wished to find a just solution to their territorial claims.
The chair of the Social Affairs Commission wrote to the ministers of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and National Defence, protesting the arrest of Innu leaders including six women and their pastor and urging the government to meet with Innu leaders in an effort to resolve conflict over low-level flights […]
Establishment of the CCCB Council for Reconciliation, Solidarity and Communion (now the Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council) to manage the Fund for Reconciliation Solidarity and Communion. It was directed by Bishops and Aboriginal Catholics and provides grants to projects and initiatives.
The chair of the Social Affairs Commission wrote to the minister of National Defence concerning the impact on Native communities in Labrador of low-level test flights and bombing practices, and the possible establishment of a NATO Tactical Fighter Weapons Training Centre in Goose Bay.