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EQUALITY Life, Liberty & Security PRESS RELEASES Refugees & Immigration Socio-Economic Status Youth

CCLA Welcomes Court of Appeal Decision Upholding Protections for Convention Refugee Children

TORONTO – Harini Sivalingam, Director of Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association made…

Harini SivalangamSeptember 3, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Releases New Guide on Protest Rights

TORONTO - In a time when the right to protest is on all our minds,…

CCLASeptember 2, 2025

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Sounds the Alarm Over Government of Alberta’s Dangerous Censorship Agenda

TORONTO – The CCLA is sounding the alarm over the Government of Alberta’s push to…

CCLAAugust 29, 2025

EQUALITY Freedom of Religion FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Condemns Quebec’s Ban on Prayer in Public

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association strongly condemns the Quebec government’s announcement that it will introduce…

CCLAAugust 28, 2025

EQUALITY Life, Liberty & Security PRESS RELEASES Socio-Economic Status

CCLA intervening in new encampment case in Waterloo

TORONTO – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) is intervening in a case challenging a…

Harini SivalangamAugust 22, 2025

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

CCLA Doubles Down on its Criticism of Alberta’s Book Ban

Alberta’s Minister of Education and Childcare recently issued a ministerial order requiring all school libraries…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollAugust 14, 2025

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+Notwithstanding Clause PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Welcomes UR Pride Decision Affirming Key Role of Courts in Protecting Charter Rights

TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes today’s decision of the Saskatchewan Court of…

Aaden PearsonAugust 12, 2025

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

In Alberta Schools, Books Aren’t the Threat, Censorship Is

Alberta has recently issued a ministerial order banning books containing “explicit sexual content” from school…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollJuly 30, 2025

EQUALITY Women

Federal Regime Governing Sex Work: A Disappointing Decision from the Supreme Court of Canada

On July 24, 2025 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dismissed an appeal that challenged…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollJuly 24, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Sentencing Youth

Supreme Court releases judgment in I.M. on youth criminal sentencing

On July 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment in R. v.…

Shakir RahimJuly 21, 2025

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