In January, 2012, Fredericton blogger Charles LeBlanc was arrested in connection to comments he had posted on his blog about a city police officer. CCLA sent a letter on February 1st seeking information from Fredericton Police Chief Barry MacKnight on the details of the arrest, as well as expressing its concerns regarding the use of [...]
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Today is Human Rights Day 62 years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that respect for human rights and human dignity “is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the [...] The Canadian Civil Liberties Association relies primarily on the support of our members to carry out our work. We have several membership options available, including a reduced rate membership for students. To become a CCLA member or to find out more:
Civil liberties need to be protected year-round. You can [...] All individuals in a democratic state should have a right to know what their government is doing on their behalf. Canada’s access to information regime, however, is in crisis. The current state of affairs is so deplorable that the federal Interim Information Commissioner of Canada wrote yesterday that “[t]his right is at risk of being [...] |
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