The Supreme Court of Canada has rendered its decision in the case of S.L. v. Commission scolaire des Chenes, a case in which parents sought an exemption for their children from Quebec’s mandatory Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC) course. The Supreme Court found that the refusal to grant an exemption did not violate the parents’ [...]
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The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene in the case of Mitchell v. Jackman in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. While the case involves a challenge to the election results in a particular Newfoundland riding, CCLA’s interest in the case is related to the constitutionality of the special ballot provisions in Newfoundland’s [...] The CCLA has recently learned of the arrest of a Fredericton blogger under the Criminal Code’s criminal libel provisions. The blogger is alleged to have defamed a member of the Fredericton Police Force and was subsequently arrested and had his home searched and computer equipment seized. Criminal libel charges are very rare in Canada and [...] The UN’s Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and association has invited countries, national human rights institutions and NGOs to complete a questionnaire on best practices in the protection of freedom of peaceful assembly and association. The CCLA has submitted a response to the questionnaire that aims to address the positive protections that exist in Canada [...] The Supreme Court of Canada is today hearing arguments on the test for public interest standing in the case of Attorney General of Canada v. Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society et al. This case is a challenge brought by a group of sex workers from Vancouver to the prostitution-related offences under the [...] |
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