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CCLA Demands Accountability for G20 Rights Violations in light of Scathing OIPRD Report into G20 Police Conduct

Communications — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:12 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Penelope Chester 647.822.8764 media@ccla.org  www.ccla.org

CCLA Demands Accountability for G20 Rights Violations in light of Scathing OIPRD Report into G20 Police Conduct Calls for Immediate Action from Chief, Police Services Board

TORONTO, May 16 2012 – The Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) today released its systemic review into policing during the 2010 Toronto G20. [...]

Press Release: CCLA: Report into RCMP G20 Complaint Bolsters CCLA Concerns, Highlights Need for Answers from Toronto, Ontario Police

Communications — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:32:01 +0000

May 14, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Penelope Chester 647.822.8764 media@ccla.org  www.ccla.org

CCLA: Report into RCMP G20 Complaint Bolsters CCLA Concerns, Highlights Need for Answers from Toronto, Ontario Police

TORONTO, May 14, 2012 – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the long-awaited report into RCMP conduct during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits. This report was produced by Commission for Public [...]

Report into RCMP G20 Complaint Bolsters CCLA Concerns, Highlights Need for Answers from Toronto, Ontario Police

Communications — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:20:11 +0000

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Over a year and a half after the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s original G20 complaint, the Commission for Public Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“the Commssion”) has released its final report into RCMP conduct during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits.

CCLA welcomes the long-awaited report as an important step in [...]

A win for police accountability and oversight at the Ontario Court of Appeal

Abby Deshman — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:37:17 +0000

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling in Peel (Police) v. Ontario (Special Investigations Unit) (formerly Metcalf v. Scott), which found that Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (“SIU”) had the authority to investigate the alleged crimes of a former Peel region police officer. CCLA intervened in this case as part of [...]

Racial Profiling – CCLA Calls on Police to Prohibit Unwarranted Stops and Questioning

Noa Mendelsohn Aviv — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:50:18 +0000

At Thursday’s meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board, CCLA’s Equality Program Director Noa Mendelsohn Aviv addressed the Board over the documented practice of racial profiling by the police. CCLA’s submissions expressed concern not just with “carding” – the recording of names and identities of black male youth – but also with unwarranted stops by [...]

Fredericton Police Chief Responds to CCLA Request for Information

sheetal — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:24:28 +0000

CCLA recently received a response from the Fredericton Chief of Police to its Request for Information under New Brunswick’s Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Following the arrest earlier this year of a Fredericton blogger in connection to comments he had made on his blog about a city police officer, CCLA wrote to Police [...]

CCLA keeps watch as Fredericton Police Chief attends to information request

sheetal — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:13:56 +0000

The Fredericton Police Chief recently sent word to the CCLA that he intends to fulfill its Request for Information with respect to criminal defamation investigations in the jurisdiction.

On February 29th, 2012, following the arrest of blogger Charles LeBlanc under criminal defamation provisions, CCLA sent the Police Chief a formal Request for Information under New Brunswick’s [...]

CCLA continues to demand answers in Fredericton criminal libel case

sheetal — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:20:46 +0000

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 [...]

CCLA Concerned about Criminal Libel Charges

Cara Zwibel — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:23:04 +0000

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 [...]

CCLA in Supreme Court to maintain meaningful redress for police wrongdoing

Abby Deshman — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:22:46 +0000

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association intervened in Penner v. NRPSB, a case before the Supreme Court of Canada that will examine whether a finding by the police complaints system can effectively terminate an ongoing or subsequent civil action.

An individual who has been mistreated by the police has a number of remedies:

A victim may complain to [...]