Freedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES Civil Society Groups Demand Federal Government Rethink Bill C-9 OTTAWA — The federal government recently introduced Bill C-9 – An Act to amend the Criminal Code…CCLAOctober 6, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Notwithstanding Clause CCLA Urges Premier to Reconsider Plan Undermining Charter Freedoms Today, CCLA’s Executive Director wrote to Alberta’s Premier expressing deep concern over the plan to…CCLASeptember 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASESPRIVACY Statement from the CCLA on TikTok Report TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is deeply concerned by the findings of the…CCLASeptember 24, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRacial Profiling CCLA Defends Landmark Court Decisions on Racial Profiling at the SCC OTTAWA – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed arguments at the Supreme Court of Canada…CCLASeptember 23, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES CCLA Condemn Alberta’s Proposed Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Target Trans Communities TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association strongly condemns Alberta’s plan to invoke the notwithstanding…CCLASeptember 22, 2025
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASESRight to Protest CCLA: Bill C-9 Risks Criminalizing Peaceful Protest On September 19, 2025, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-9 with the declared intent…CCLASeptember 22, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES CCLA Statement on Edmonton Police Service Threat to Crown TORONTO - It is manifestly unconstitutional and deeply troubling for a police service to threaten…CCLASeptember 11, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES CCLA Calls for Data Collection in Bail Reform Claims that access to bail drives crime are false, and no government has provided evidence…CCLASeptember 11, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS 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 FREEDOMSPRESS 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