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By Communications on October 15, 2012
CCLA’s Sukanya Pillay, Director of the National Security Program, speaks to RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda about CCLA’s recent report to the UN – the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant workers, the right to peaceful protest, and the number of Aboriginal women in Canadian prisons, are some of the issues raised by CCLA as part of its submission to the United Nation’s Second Universal Periodic Review of Canada. >> For more information about our report, click here
By Communications on February 15, 2012
Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow posted this interview on their blog under the headline “Canada’s bull-moose civil libertarian on Canada’s new domestic spying law“. We couldn’t think of a better way to introduce this interview, from TVO’s Search Engine with Jesse Brown. Listen: Alan Borovoy interviewed by Jesse Brown (Feb 14 2012)
By Communications on January 18, 2012
A conversation about a Canadian government fugitive list put out by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The list includes some of the people the agency wants to deport from Canada for allegedly being war criminals, or for a number of other alleged offences. MASALA CANADA, a Radio Canada International program hosted by >> Listen to the program on the RCI website or click belowAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
By Communications on July 11, 2011
The debate over whether religion belongs in public schools has picked up again, with regards to whether – and to what extent – should a school accomodate students’ religion. The current debate focuses on a public school in Toronto that makes its cafeteria available to its (majority) Muslim students for Friday prayer Here are some links and resources: >> National Post – HolyPost – Q&A: Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s Cara Zwibel on religion in schools – July 6, 2011 >> Globe & Mail – Editorial – Public schools cannot be places of prayer – July 8, 2011 >> National Post – Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: A public school is not a mosque – July 11, 2011 >> Toronto Star – Heather Mallick: Time for someone to speak up for shy young girls – July 10, 2011 >> Cara Zwibel on the Jeff Allan Show (570 News) – July 11, 2011 Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. >> More on CCLA’s work on freedom of religion
By Cara Zwibel on December 2, 2010
Listen to the radio debates: AM 570 – Jeff Allan Show – December 1, 2010 Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. AM 640 John Oakley Show – “Bibles in the Classroom?” Dr. Scott Masson & Cara Zwibel
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By Communications on October 5, 2010
On Wednesday October 6th at 8am, CCLA’s general counsel Nathalie Des Rosiers will be discussing the legal impact of the G20 on Ipso Facto, a weekly legal journalism program on CJAM 99.1 FM. Tune in to 99.1 FM in the Windsor/Detroit area, or catch the live stream here.
August 11, 2010
In this podcast, Tony Navaneelan, Acting Fundamental Freedoms Program Director, speaks about the the key legal issues around the G20. From the use of the antiquated Public Works Protection Act to questions about what a systematic review from OIPRD can accomplish, Navaneelan offers critical legal insight. Tony Navaneelan on RedEye, Vancouver Coop Radio
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Cara Zwibel, director of the fundamental freedoms program at CCLA, debates whether distributing Gideon bibles in the classroom is an infringement of civil liberties, and particularly freedom of religion.