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CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Right to Reasonable Bail

CCLA Appears before House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Bail System

On October 2, 2025, Shakir Rahim Director of the Criminal Justice Program, testified before the…

Shakir RahimOctober 9, 2025

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+Notwithstanding Clause PRESS RELEASES Youth

Joint Statement from Canada’s Civil Liberties Organizations on Alberta’s Proposed Use of the Notwithstanding Clause

OTTAWA — The BC Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and the Ligue…

CCLAOctober 9, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial Rights Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing

CCLA intervening before Supreme Court in McKee to protect fair trial rights

The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in…

Shakir RahimOctober 8, 2025

Activists Protesting Peacefully in the street

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

Civil Society Groups Demand Federal Government Rethink Bill C-9

OTTAWA — The federal government recently introduced Bill C-9 – An Act to amend the Criminal Code…

CCLAOctober 6, 2025

Encryption Intelligence & Cybersecurity PRIVACY Surveillance & Technology

Government needs to fix dangerous flaws in federal cybersecurity proposal

Ahead of a key House of Commons debate scheduled for today, civil society groups are…

Tamir IsraelSeptember 26, 2025

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+Notwithstanding Clause

CCLA Urges Premier to Reconsider Plan Undermining Charter Freedoms

Today, CCLA’s Executive Director wrote to Alberta’s Premier expressing deep concern over the plan to…

CCLASeptember 24, 2025

PRESS RELEASES PRIVACY

Statement from the CCLA on TikTok Report

TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is deeply concerned by the findings of the…

CCLASeptember 24, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Racial Profiling

CCLA Defends Landmark Court Decisions on Racial Profiling at the SCC

OTTAWA – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed arguments at the Supreme Court of Canada…

CCLASeptember 23, 2025

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Condemn Alberta’s Proposed Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Target Trans Communities

TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association strongly condemns Alberta’s plan to invoke the notwithstanding…

CCLASeptember 22, 2025

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES Right to Protest

CCLA: Bill C-9 Risks Criminalizing Peaceful Protest

On September 19, 2025, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-9 with the declared intent…

CCLASeptember 22, 2025

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