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CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Records & Collateral Consequences Criminal Records & Police Record Checks Indigenous People Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Police Transparency, Oversight & Accountability Race, Religion & Ethnicity Racial Profiling

CCLA intervening in major case on police background checks at Court of Appeal for Ontario

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has granted leave to intervene to the CCLA in…

Shakir RahimFebruary 15, 2024

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

CCLA Intervenes in R. v. Archambault

TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties…

CCLAFebruary 14, 2024

Bill 21 EQUALITY Notwithstanding Clause PRESS RELEASES Race, Religion & Ethnicity

Extending the use of Notwithstanding Clause in Bill 21 is a grave injustice

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…

CCLAFebruary 13, 2024

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Socio-Economic Status

CCLA Intervenes in Constitutional Challenge to Criminalization of Panhandling in Ontario

TORONTO — Pro bono legal counsel representing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will appear…

CCLAFebruary 6, 2024

PRESS RELEASES PRIVACY

CCLA Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling

TORONTO — Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Executive Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, reacted to…

CCLAFebruary 5, 2024

EQUALITY NB Abortion Rights PRESS RELEASES

Inequitable Access to Abortion Services in New Brunswick Puts Lives at Risk

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, reacted to…

CCLAFebruary 2, 2024

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES Youth

CCLA Reacts to Proposed Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Policy in Alberta

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…

CCLAFebruary 1, 2024

CTV News: More than 80% of inmates in Ontario jails last year were legally innocent, awaiting trial: data

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/vast-majority-of-people-in-ontario-jails-last-year-had-not-been-found-guilty-of-an-offence-data-1.6747988

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Deaths in Custody Disability EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES

CCLA and QPLC Jointly Participating in Baker Inquest

TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Queen’s Prison Law Clinic are jointly participating…

CCLAJanuary 29, 2024

Emergencies Act Freedom of Association Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

Emergencies Act FAQs

Why did CCLA take the federal government to court to challenge its use of the…

Michael LoweryJanuary 26, 2024

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