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Asking The Wrong Question on Facial Fingerprinting
Your face is not the same as your debit card number or your credit card number. It cannot be replaced and we don’t currently have systems to monitor fraudulent uses of our biometrics. Warrantless facial recognition technology ought to be banned in Canada, until further notice, except where it is used by an individual to […]
CCLA Blasts Police For Its Overuse of Strip Searches Of Innocent People.
A tool designed to make strip searches seem less invasive helps them make it easier to justify being invasive. “The Toronto Police Service continue having this obsession with searching where the sun don’t shine — without legal authority” – Michael Bryant Read our deputation here.
Hidden microphones in your thermostat, secret recordings, and three other Google privacy breaches
The Ontario Government served the Canadian Civil Liberties Association with their Statement of Defence today, in the Ontario Sticker law challenge by CCLA. Their Defence is that the Ford Government’s sticker does not contain a political message. We disagree.
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Welcome to the Remote Rights Project web resources. The Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust has been educating young people in Canada about their rights and freedoms in classrooms for more than 20 years, and we’re thrilled that with grant support from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s (CIRA) Community Initiatives Project, we are able to provide […]
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Engagement
Whether at major events, in the media, or through public advocacy campaigns, we engage with citizens to support democratic action and dialogue.
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Education
Through our foundation, the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust, we bring important issues into Canadian classrooms and communities.
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Monitoring
As a watchdog for civil liberties, we use our network to monitor and report on current issues—both locally and at the international level.
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Research
We partner with law firms and the academic community to enable and inform our advocacy work through essential research.
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LITIGATION
Since the 1960s we’ve defended civil liberties through high-impact legal action and intervention, including at the Supreme Court of Canada.