Freedom of ExpressionFreedom of the PressFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRegulation 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
Freedom of ExpressionFreedom of the PressFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Read our op-ed inspired by Freedom to Read Week by Cara Zwibel, Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program Last Spring Sotheby’s auction house sold off a copy of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale…Cara ZwibelFebruary 24, 2023
Constitutional RemediesCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRIVACYSearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure Supreme Court Dodges Key Issue in R. v. McGregor A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. McGregor opted not to…Cara ZwibelFebruary 21, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICECruel & Unusual PunishmentFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPrisons, 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 AssociationFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRegulation of Online ExpressionRight 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
EQUALITYRace, Religion & EthnicityRefugees & ImmigrationWomen CCLA and LEAF Urge Repeal of Discriminatory Newmarket By-Law CCLA and the Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF) sent a letter to Newmarket’s…Cara ZwibelSeptember 1, 2022
DisabilityEQUALITYRefugees & Immigration CCLA Pleased with Win for Access to Justice in Toussaint v Canada CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in a…Cara ZwibelAugust 18, 2022
Criminal Prohibitions on SpeechEQUALITYFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA Intervening in Challenge to Sex Work Laws The CCLA recently filed its written argument in Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform…Cara ZwibelAugust 16, 2022
DisabilityEQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA Welcomes Decision Promoting Access to Justice CCLA is pleased that the Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the test for public…Cara ZwibelJune 23, 2022
Election FinanceFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolitical AdvertisingVoting Rights CCLA Intervening at Ontario Court of Appeal on Importance of Political Expression and the Right to Vote The CCLA continues to work to ensure that governments do not overreach in exercising their…Cara ZwibelJune 14, 2022