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CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial Rights Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing

CCLA Testifies before Senate on Bill C-16

On June 15, 2026, the Director of the Criminal Justice Program, Shakir Rahim, testified on…

CCLAJune 19, 2026

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Joins Civil Society’s Statement Denouncing the Adoption of Bill C-9

More than 60 civil liberties, human rights, faith based and community organizations just released a…

CCLAJune 19, 2026

EQUALITY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

LDL and CCLA Call for a Public Inquiry Commission into Police Racism within the SPVM and a Ban on Street Checks

Montreal, June 15, 2026 — The Ligue des droits et libertés (LDL) and the Canadian…

CCLAJune 15, 2026

Constitutional Remedies EQUALITY Notwithstanding Clause Youth

CCLA Intervenes at the Supreme Court in Canada’s First Anti-Trans Legislation Case

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed its intervention factum in Saskatchewan v. UR…

CCLAJune 10, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Youth

CCLA Intervening in UBC Case to Defend Inclusive and Rights-Respecting University Policies

Toronto - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will be intervening in the case of…

CCLAJune 9, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Race, Religion & Ethnicity

CCLA Endorses Calls for Black Representation and Explicit Recognition of Anti-Black Racism on New Advisory Council

TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) joins other members of the National…

CCLAJune 4, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Socio-Economic Status

CCLA Welcomes Historic Waterloo Court Decision Vindicating Rights of Unhoused People

TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) welcomes the Ontario Superior Court of Justice…

CCLAMay 25, 2026

Democratic Emergency in Quebec Democratic Rights FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Notwithstanding Clause PRESS RELEASES

CCLA responds to the introduction of Bill 596, which would limit the use of the notwithstanding clause in Quebec

Montreal – On 7 May 2026, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Quebec spokesperson and director of Fundamental…

CCLAMay 7, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES PRIVACY

CCLA Congratulates Justice Louise Arbour on Her Appointment as Canada’s Next Governor-General

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association congratulates Justice Louise Arbour on her appointment as Canada’s next…

CCLAMay 6, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Condemns Ontario’s Expansion of Arrest Powers to Transit Special Constables

TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association expressed profound disappointment and alarm following the Ontario…

CCLAMay 5, 2026

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