April 2020 - Page 7 of 8 - CCLA

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

Pandemic Policing Has Taken a Punitive Turn in Ottawa

Being a mature democratic country with a constitutional bill of rights means that instant, mass…

Abby DeshmanApril 7, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Police Transparency, Oversight & Accountability

CCLA to Ottawa: Stop Overpolicing During a Pandemic

Firstly, we are receiving a large number of reports from the public that your police…

Michael BryantApril 6, 2020

CBC

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-bylaw-parks-fines-1.5523154

Ottawa Citizen

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/bylaw-officers-write-43-tickets-as-civil-liberties-group-accuses-city-of-overpolicing/wcm/f3f4057a-67fa-4495-8edb-4aabeb21faac/

QP Briefing

https://www.qpbriefing.com/2020/04/06/unconscionable-landlord-service-naborly-draws-criticism-for-creating-blacklist-of-tenants-who-missed-april-1-rent/?fbclid=IwAR2h92NmWdSKW-d5ts5WFowNX4dPVigtOuL2r6e9h7ah96CN4-Gas4vWaYo

The Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-city-of-ottawa-accused-of-going-too-far-with-ticketing-blitz-to/

Arbitrary Detention COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Race, Religion & Ethnicity

CCLA to Attorney General: Concerns About Carding Under Emergency Order

As you know concerns about carding, racial and social profiling led to a serious crisis…

Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 3, 2020

COVID-19 Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Right to Protest

Physical Distancing Shouldn’t Preclude Public Dissent

Remember protest and dissent? It is hard to believe that just six weeks ago the…

Cara ZwibelApril 3, 2020

Conditions of Confinement COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR CASES & REPORTS Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

Drastic Action Needed; Protect Incarcerated, Correctional Workers & Broader Communities

A Letter from CCLA to All Provinces and Territories: New Brunswick

Michael BryantApril 2, 2020

The Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-hospitals-instructed-to-prioritize-life-saving-coronavirus/

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