The CCLA is extremely pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision in R. v. Telus, which upholds strong privacy protections for the millions of Canadians who communicate via text message. The Criminal Code contains comprehensive provisions on intercepting private communication, giving individuals heightened privacy protection when police apply for a wiretap authorization. The Canadian Civil Liberties [...]
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Generally, the police do not need a warrant to search a person who is under arrest, and regularly do look through arrestees’ bags and pockets to ensure officer safety and secure potential evidence. Fifteen years ago this kind of search might turn up a wallet, some papers, maybe an address book. Today, however, through the [...] As part of an ongoing public discussion with the Toronto Police Services Board about race-based harassment (racial profiling), CCLA’s Equality Program Director Noa Mendelsohn Aviv will address the Board. The current issue is the “receipt” the police will provide to individuals who are detained by police, questioned, and “carded” (the practice by which police record [...] When is a police officer’s suspicion ‘reasonable’, and when it is a subjective hunch that could easily target innocent individuals – perhaps based on improper or stereotypical assumptions about ‘suspicious’ people or behaviour? Four years ago, in a 5-4 split, a majority of the Supreme Court found that the police could conduct warrantless searches using [...] Canadian Civil Liberties Association at McGill Law and Pro Bono Students Canada present a panel discussion on Freedom of Expression in the Internet Age: The policy challenges of web 2.0 |
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