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

Be sure to check back often, to stay up to date with the latest news about your civil liberties.

Emergencies Act FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

CCLA releases Ebook: Civil Liberties & the Emergencies Act

Read the final submissions of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association to the Public Order Emergency…

CCLAFebruary 14, 2023

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision Right to Reasonable Bail

Responding to Recent Calls for Bail Reform

How does Canada's bail system operate? Are we doing a good job protecting public safety?…

CCLAFebruary 2, 2023

Deaths in Custody PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Demands Release of Death in Custody Videotapes

MONTREAL — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) is demanding the release of all video footage…

CCLAJanuary 31, 2023

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Cruel & Unusual Punishment Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

Supreme Court Maintains Importance of Proportionality in Criminal Sentencing

The CCLA welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions in R v. Hills and R.…

Cara ZwibelJanuary 27, 2023

Freedom of Association Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Regulation of Online Expression Right to Protest

CCLA Intervening in Tik Tok Injunction Appeal to Protect Space for Digital Activism

TikTok teens and duet fiends, take note. The CCLA is intervening in an Ontario court…

Cara ZwibelJanuary 11, 2023

Conditions of Confinement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Deaths in Custody Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

New Report Released: Ontario Deaths in Custody on the Rise

Despite a declining provincial custody population, deaths in custody in Ontario are increasing at an…

CCLADecember 20, 2022

Face Surveillance PRIVACY

International Report: Under Surveillance: (Mis)use of Technologies in Emergency Responses

CCLA’s international partners publish a report on global (mis)use of technologies during the pandemic The…

Brenda McPhailDecember 15, 2022

Face Surveillance PRIVACY

Facial recognition explained: How is FRT used in Canada?

The impacts of FRT become more elevated depending upon the context in which they are…

Brenda McPhailDecember 6, 2022

Democratic Rights Emergencies Act FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Closing Statement at Public Order Emergency Commission

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

CCLANovember 25, 2022

Democratic Rights Emergencies Act FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA reacts to Prime Minister Trudeau’s testimony at POEC

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

CCLANovember 25, 2022

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