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Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Right to Protest

Know Your Rights: Universities Should Continue to Acknowledge the Rights of Students to Express Themselves and to Protest Peacefully

Now more than ever, it is important for individuals to understand their rights when they…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollMay 8, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Cruel & Unusual Punishment Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

Online Harms Act (Bill C-63): CCLA Joins Civil Society Call to Separate Parts Two and Three from the Bill

On May 7, 2024, CCLA joined a call by civil society organizations, academics and experts…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollMay 8, 2024

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES Youth

CCLA Reacts to Quebec Education Ministers latest Directive on Gender Neutral Washrooms

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

CCLAMay 7, 2024

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

Supreme Court underscores importance of judicial independence in R. v. Edwards et al.

The Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling in R. v. Edwards et al. affirms the constitutional…

Shakir RahimMay 6, 2024

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES Right to Protest

Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Freedom of Expression: CCLA Welcomes the Quebec Superior Court Decision Refusing to Order the Dismantlement of the McGill University Encampment

MONTREAL — Following the Quebec Superior Court’s dismissal of an injunction application seeking the dismantlement of…

CCLAMay 2, 2024

Bill 21 EQUALITY Freedom of Religion Notwithstanding Clause PRESS RELEASES

Leave to Appeal Filed at the Supreme Court of Canada on Bill 21 Case

OTTAWA — The National Council for Canadian Muslims (NCCM), the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and…

CCLAApril 30, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES

Ontario Superior Court Affirms Exceptional Test to Hide Officer Names in Police Accountability Lawsuits

TORONTO — The Ontario Superior Court has rejected an exceptional request by the Peel Regional…

CCLAApril 29, 2024

COVID-19 FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Mobility PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Granted Leave to Challenge Arbitrary Travel Restrictions Before the SCC

Arbitrary travel restrictions infringe on the mobility rights of Canadians. CCLA’s challenge of Newfoundland government’s…

CCLAApril 26, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Face Surveillance PRIVACY Privacy Law Reform Surveillance & Technology

CCLA Joins Call from Civil Society to Withdraw AIDA from Bill C-27

AIDA is a disaster for privacy and human rights. The Parliamentary process is a disaster…

CCLAApril 25, 2024

Freedom of Expression Freedom of Religion FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES Race, Religion & Ethnicity

CCLA Calls on the Ontario Speaker to Lift His Ban on Keffiyehs

TORONTO — Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of Fundamental Freedoms for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…

CCLAApril 25, 2024

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