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Within the pages of CCLA Newsnotes, the Association celebrates its achievements, stakes out its position on key issues, and announces its ambitions for the months ahead. CCLA members receive this newsletter in the mail, but past issues are available below:
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Know Your Rights
When dealing with the police, it’s important to know what your rights are. CCLA has put together a manual to help you know what you must do, what you do not have to do, and what you may wish to do in situations involving the police. |
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Act for Freedom
We are pleased to present the first edition of Act for Freedom/Au nom de la liberté, a showcase of some of the issues that the Canadian Civil Liberties has been focusing on over the past year. English translations of Khadr à la Cour Suprême: comment arriver au bon résultat a l’aide du’un raisonnement valable (page 20) and Khadr (page 24) can be read here: Khadr articles in English. |
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Talking to Strangers: Making Distinctions by Danielle McLaughlin Education Canada 46.4 (Fall 2006): 31. |
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Cultivating the Habits of Democracy: Asking the Hard Questions by Danielle McLaughlin Education Canada 45.1 (Winter 2005): 33-35. |
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The Fundamentals of our Fundamental Freedoms: a primer on civil liberties and democracy by A. Alan Borovoy |
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Les fondements de nos libertés fondamentales: l’abc des libertés civiles et de la démocratie par A. Alan Borovoy |
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The King of Denmark and the Naked Mole Rat: Teaching Critical Thinking for Social Justice Presentation by Danielle McLaughlin |
| Section 1 of the Charter & the Oakes Test by OJEN |








