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CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing PRESS RELEASES Presumption of Innocence Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

CCLA Reacts to Bill C-48

TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), reacted…

CCLAMay 17, 2023

EQUALITY Race, Religion & Ethnicity Women

CCLA Submission on Anti-Black Racism at the Canadian Human Rights Commission

Harini Sivalingam (Director of Equality Program) delivered the following statement to the Senate Human Rights…

CCLAMay 15, 2023

Face Surveillance PRESS RELEASES Surveillance & Privacy

CCLA reacts to OIPC (BC) Announcement on Liberal Party of Canada’s Use of FRT

TORONTO —Tashi Alford-Duguid, Staff lawyer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) made the following…

CCLAApril 26, 2023

Freedom of Religion PRESS RELEASES Quebec's School Prayer Ban Race, Religion & Ethnicity

CCLA Reacts to Quebec Directive on Prayer Spaces in Public Schools

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Lawyer and Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil…

CCLAApril 24, 2023

Freedom of Association FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

CCLA Fighting to Protect Freedom of Association for All Workers at the Supreme Court of Canada

The CCLA is intervening before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case that will…

Cara ZwibelApril 12, 2023

Access to Information Democratic Rights Freedom of Expression Freedom of the Press FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

CCLA Fighting for Transparency and Openness before the Supreme Court

The CCLA is intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ontario v. Information and…

Cara ZwibelApril 12, 2023

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Racial Profiling Unreasonable Search & Seizure

CCLA Reacts to R v McColman Decision

OTTAWA — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…

CCLAMarch 27, 2023

Freedom of Expression Freedom of the Press FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Regulation of Online Expression

CCLA speaks out on guiding principles for Canada’s upcoming online safety proposal

CCLA has joined with 12 other civil society organizations to release a joint statement addressed…

Cara ZwibelMarch 21, 2023

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

Court agrees with CCLA that police background checks require oversight

On February 27, 2023, the Divisional Court in Ontario released its decision in Khorsand v.…

CCLAMarch 9, 2023

Democratic Rights FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Political Advertising PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Reacts to Working Families Decision

OTTAWA — Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), reacted to…

CCLAMarch 6, 2023

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