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Pandemic Policing Has Taken a Punitive Turn in Ottawa

Being a mature democratic country with a constitutional bill of rights means that instant, mass…

Abby DeshmanApril 7, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Police Transparency, Oversight & Accountability

CCLA to Ottawa: Stop Overpolicing During a Pandemic

Firstly, we are receiving a large number of reports from the public that your police…

Michael BryantApril 6, 2020

Arbitrary Detention COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Race, Religion & Ethnicity

CCLA to Attorney General: Concerns About Carding Under Emergency Order

As you know concerns about carding, racial and social profiling led to a serious crisis…

Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 3, 2020

COVID-19 Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Right to Protest

Physical Distancing Shouldn’t Preclude Public Dissent

Remember protest and dissent? It is hard to believe that just six weeks ago the…

Cara ZwibelApril 3, 2020

Conditions of Confinement COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR CASES & REPORTS Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

Drastic Action Needed; Protect Incarcerated, Correctional Workers & Broader Communities

A Letter from CCLA to All Provinces and Territories: New Brunswick

Michael BryantApril 2, 2020

Conditions of Confinement COVID-19 COVID-19 & Prisons CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR CASES & REPORTS Prisons, Jails & Community Supervision

CCLA to Provinces & Territories: Drastic Action Needed Now

CCLA to Provinces and Territories: CCLA has written to government ministers across the country to…

CCLAApril 2, 2020

COVID-19 & Law Enforcement Disability EQUALITY Indigenous People Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Race, Religion & Ethnicity Socio-Economic Status

Carding in a Pandemic

While we certainly understand the enormity of the pandemic, and of the province’s task in…

Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 2, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement CRIMINAL JUSTICE Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

CCLA to CACP: Transparency in Emergency Police Powers is Needed

I am writing to urge that the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police take an…

Michael BryantApril 2, 2020

COVID-19 COVID-19 & Law Enforcement FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

Freedom Fighting During a Pandemic

Go read Leonard Cohen’s “Moving Into a Period” in his Book of Longing. Cohen foresaw…

Michael BryantApril 2, 2020

COVID-19 Disability EQUALITY Indigenous People MAJOR CASES & REPORTS Race, Religion & Ethnicity Safe Shelters Socio-Economic Status

CCLA’s Urgent COVID Response for Toronto Homeless Population

We are writing you about actions and omissions by the City of Toronto with respect…

Noa Mendelsohn AvivMarch 29, 2020

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Pandemic Policing Has Taken a Punitive Turn in Ottawa

CCLA to Ottawa: Stop Overpolicing During a Pandemic

CCLA to Attorney General: Concerns About Carding Under Emergency Order

Physical Distancing Shouldn’t Preclude Public Dissent

Drastic Action Needed; Protect Incarcerated, Correctional Workers & Broader Communities

CCLA to Provinces & Territories: Drastic Action Needed Now

Carding in a Pandemic

CCLA to CACP: Transparency in Emergency Police Powers is Needed

Freedom Fighting During a Pandemic

CCLA’s Urgent COVID Response for Toronto Homeless Population

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