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EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Youth

CCLA and Other Civil Society Groups Call on Ontario Government to Return to Democratic Governance of School Boards

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) released the following letter to the Ontario Attorney General…

CCLAMarch 11, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES Right to Reasonable Bail

CCLA Calls on Senate to Scrutinize Bill C-14 on Bail Reform

The Senate of Canada will consider Bill C-14, sweeping criminal justice legislation on bail and…

CCLAMarch 9, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Race, Religion & Ethnicity Refugees & Immigration Women

Supreme Court Affirms Substantive and Intersectional Equality in Kanyinda Decision

Toronto – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) welcomes the decision by the Supreme Court…

CCLAMarch 9, 2026

Political Advertising PRIVACY Privacy Law Reform

Senate resists political campaigning privacy exemption by amending Bill C-4

A controversial legislative proposal (housed in Part 4 of Bill C-4) that threatens voters’ privacy…

Tamir IsraelFebruary 27, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Socio-Economic Status

CCLA Opposes Expansion of Arrest Powers to Transit Special Constables Under Public Substance Use Law

Toronto — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed submissions to the Ontario Ministry of the…

CCLAFebruary 27, 2026

EQUALITY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Notwithstanding Clause

Bill 21 @ SCC: Join Us for Two Webinars

CCLA is organizing two webinars in March to discuss its challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollFebruary 26, 2026

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Right to Protest

Bill 13: CCLA, LDL and 220 Groups Sound the Alarm about New Limits on Protests in Quebec

On February 23rd, 2026, La Presse published an op-ed co-authored by CCLA and the Ligue…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollFebruary 23, 2026

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

CCLA Co-Leads Call to Withdraw Anti-Democratic Exemption Powers from Bill C-15

Ottawa - February 20, 2026 CCLA, Ecojustice and the Centre québécois du droit de l'environnement,…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollFebruary 20, 2026

EQUALITY PRIVACY Refugees & Immigration

Senate Committee Calls for Removal of Controversial Assault on Immigration Rights from Bill C-12

Today, a Senate committee reviewing Bill C-12, recommended removal of controversial immigration-related elements of the…

Tamir IsraelFebruary 20, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Youth

CCLA Condemns Ontario’s Growing Takeover of Local School Boards

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

CCLAFebruary 17, 2026

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CCLA and Other Civil Society Groups Call on Ontario Government to Return to Democratic Governance of School Boards

CCLA Calls on Senate to Scrutinize Bill C-14 on Bail Reform

Supreme Court Affirms Substantive and Intersectional Equality in Kanyinda Decision

Senate resists political campaigning privacy exemption by amending Bill C-4

CCLA Opposes Expansion of Arrest Powers to Transit Special Constables Under Public Substance Use Law

Bill 21 @ SCC: Join Us for Two Webinars

Bill 13: CCLA, LDL and 220 Groups Sound the Alarm about New Limits on Protests in Quebec

CCLA Co-Leads Call to Withdraw Anti-Democratic Exemption Powers from Bill C-15

CCLA Condemns Ontario’s Growing Takeover of Local School Boards

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