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CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Racial Profiling

Leave to Appeal to SCC Granted

MONTREAL – Aaden Pearson, Staff Lawyer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association released the following…

CCLAMay 2, 2025

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Socio-Economic Status

67 Organizations Across Ontario Stand Against Punishing Encampments

67 organizations working across communities in Ontario stand united as the newly formed Encampment Justice…

Harini SivalangamMay 2, 2025

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES Voting Rights

CCLA Welcomes Elections Canada’s Decision to Investigate Polling Station Issues in Nunavik

MONTREAL - Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program at the Canadian Civil…

CCLAMay 1, 2025

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Condemns Rights Violations and Urges Withdrawal of Quebec’s Bill 94

Harini Sivalingam, Director of Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following…

CCLAMay 1, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES

Statement on Premier’s Ford Alarming Remarks on Judicial Independence

TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program (CCLA), made the following statement: Premier…

CCLAApril 30, 2025

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+

CCLA welcomes decision on gender affirming healthcare funding in Ontario

CCLA welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in OHIP v KS confirming that…

Harini SivalangamApril 23, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Notwithstanding Clause PRESS RELEASES

Statement on Proposed Use of Notwithstanding Clause in Run-Up to Federal Election

TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program (CCLA), made the following statement: The…

CCLAApril 23, 2025

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Right to Protest

The Trouble With Toronto’s Proposed Bubble Zone Bylaw

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms just celebrated its 43rd anniversary. On this occasion,…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollApril 19, 2025

Conditions of Confinement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Habeas Corpus Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision Solitary Confinement

CCLA Intervening before Supreme Court to Protect Habeas Corpus

The CCLA will appear as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in AGC…

Shakir RahimApril 17, 2025

Disability EQUALITY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Life, Liberty & Security PRESS RELEASES

CCLA strongly opposes Alberta’s proposed forced treatment law

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…

Harini SivalangamApril 15, 2025

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