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FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Slams Ontario’s Power Grab in Bill 5

MONTREAL — Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of Fundamental Freedoms at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…

CCLAMay 6, 2025

Conditions of Confinement CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES

CCLA and 35 Civil Society Organizations Decry Provincial Inaction in Addressing Recommendations From Inquest Into Death of Soleiman Faqiri

TORONTO — Soleiman Faqiri was a man with significant mental health conditions killed in provincial custody…

CCLAMay 5, 2025

EQUALITY Freedom of Religion FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Race, Religion & Ethnicity

Choisir l’inclusion et non l’assimilation: Lettre ouverte sur les projets de loi 84 et 94 du Québec

Choisir l’inclusion et non l’assimilation Anaïs Bussières McNicoll et Harini Sivalingam 5 mai 2025 La…

CCLAMay 5, 2025

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

85 Organizations Across Ontario Stand Against Punishing Encampments

85 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 Ford’s 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

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