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Below is a list of all our latest updates, issues, briefs and activities.

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Activists Protesting Peacefully in the street

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Right to Protest

Bubble Zone Bylaws: CCLA Writes to Toronto City Council to Raise Charter Concerns

TORONTO - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association just sent a letter to Toronto City Council…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollApril 1, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES

Final Edition of the Prison Pandemic Papers Documenting the Impact of COVID-19 in Jails, Prisons and Penitentiaries Across Canada Launched

TORONTO — Today, the final edition of the Prison Pandemic Papers was launched online, making available…

CCLAMarch 26, 2025

EQUALITY Freedom of Religion PRESS RELEASES Race, Religion & Ethnicity Refugees & Immigration

CCLA Warns Quebec Bill 84 Threatens Social Cohesion, Calls for Meaningful Consultation

MONTREAL — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following submissions to the Committee on…

Harini SivalingamMarch 21, 2025

Freedom of Association FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

Quebec’s Bill 89: CCLA Files Submission Opposing New Limits on the Right to Strike

CCLA just filed its written submission on Quebec's Bill 89 to the Committee on economy…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollMarch 19, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Presumption of Innocence Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision Solitary Confinement

CCLA Welcomes Supreme Court of Canada Decision upholding prisoners’ rights

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada decision in John Howard Society…

Harini SivalingamMarch 18, 2025

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA on the Supreme Court of Canada’s Ruling in the Working Families Case: An Important Victory for Democracy

It is profoundly regrettable that the Ontario government chose to use the notwithstanding clause to…

CCLAMarch 7, 2025

Freedom of Association FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

CCLA Opposes New Limits on Right to Strike

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

CCLAFebruary 21, 2025

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+Refugees & Immigration

Civil Society Groups Call for Immediate Suspension of Safe Third Country Agreement With United States of America

TORONTO — The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, Rainbow Railroad, and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…

CCLAFebruary 21, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Unreasonable Search & Seizure

CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court in R. v. Singer to Protect Privacy in the Home from Police

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

Shakir RahimFebruary 18, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRIVACY

CCLA Sends letter to Ontario Political Parties Ahead of Election

With the Ontario election coming up on February 27th, we have sent a letter to…

CCLAFebruary 12, 2025

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