PRIVACYPrivacy Law Reform Canadians Care about Privacy, Politicians Need to Show They Care About Us 73% of Canadians are concerned or somewhat concerned about how political parties use personal information…Brenda McPhailDecember 19, 2018
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionYouth CCLA Wins Important Battle Against Feds On Solitary Confinement The feds were scolded today by the Chief Justice of Ontario and its highest court,…CCLADecember 17, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksEQUALITYSentencingSocio-Economic Status WHAMMY! Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Canada’s Ugliest Populist Criminal Law It’s not everyday that civil libertarians hit a home run in the Supreme Court of…Michael BryantDecember 14, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record Checks Blowing the Whistle on Saskatoon’s Proposed Rules for Rideshares and Taxis This morning we wrote to Saskatoon’s Mayor and City Council to share our concerns about…CCLADecember 14, 2018
Device SearchesPRIVACYSearch & Seizure Supreme Court Finds a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Shared Computer In a decision released today in R v Reeves, the Supreme Court ruled that each Canadian…CCLADecember 13, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksMAJOR CASES & REPORTS New Act Protects Ontarians From Release Of Unproven Allegations Across the country, Canadians who have never been found guilty of a crime are unable to…CCLADecember 13, 2018
LearnTalk Rights Useful Links And Resources About National Security Check out our growing collection of useful links and resources about privacy rights compiled by…Guest AuthorDecember 12, 2018
Mass SurveillanceNational SecurityPRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Mass Surveillance INCLO Case Continues Mass surveillance violates international privacy rights and is fundamentally incompatible with the rights to free…Brenda McPhailDecember 11, 2018
Democratic RightsElection FinanceFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolitical AdvertisingVoting Rights Federal Government’s Election Reforms Fall Short Yesterday, the government passed sweeping new legislation that will govern the 2019 federal election. Many…CCLADecember 11, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDecriminalization Police and Pot: Let Them Smoke, Vape, and – Yes – Eat Cake (or Brownies!) Too Police leaders are violating the civil liberties of their own ranks and perpetuating a culture…Abby DeshmanDecember 7, 2018