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Press Release: CCLA Concerned About Threats To Occupy Movements

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CCLA Concerned about Possible Evictions of “Occupy” Protestors

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement spread to Canada in mid-October with protests and occupations beginning in a number of cities around the country on October 15, 2011.  CCLA is concerned that a number of cities have recently started to suggest that protestors must leave and are considering taking various forms of action to put an [...]

G20: Lessons Learned, Messages Lost

On Thursday June 23rd, over 100 people gathered at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law to listen to a panel discussion featuring lawyers and activists to discuss police accountability and the lessons learned amid the aftermath of the G20 controversy.

For the video archive of the discussion + Q&A session, please click here

Press Release: CCLA Deeply Concerned by Proposed Back-to-Work Legislation

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Penelope Chester

(416) 363-0321 ex. 225

(647) 822-8764

media@ccla.org
www.ccla.org

CCLA Deeply Concerned by Proposed Back-to-Work Legislation

TORONTO, June 23, 2011 – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is deeply concerned about the government’s actions in moving forward with back-to-work legislation in relation to the ongoing dispute between Canada Post and the [...]

CCLA concerned about proposed back-to-work legislation

The CCLA has written to the Minister of Labour urging her to reconsider the proposal to introduce legislation that would force striking workers at Air Canada and Canada Post back to work.  Freedom of association is a fundamental freedom under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and it includes the right to effective collective [...]