CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESPresumption of InnocencePrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA Reacts to Bill C-48 TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), reacted…CCLAMay 17, 2023
EQUALITYRace, Religion & EthnicityWomen CCLA Submission on Anti-Black Racism at the Canadian Human Rights Commission Harini Sivalingam (Director of Equality Program) delivered the following statement to the Senate Human Rights…CCLAMay 15, 2023
Face SurveillancePRESS RELEASESSurveillance & Privacy CCLA reacts to OIPC (BC) Announcement on Liberal Party of Canada’s Use of FRT TORONTO —Tashi Alford-Duguid, Staff lawyer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) made the following…CCLAApril 26, 2023
Freedom of ReligionPRESS RELEASESRace, Religion & Ethnicity CCLA Reacts to Quebec Directive on Prayer Spaces in Public Schools TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Lawyer and Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil…CCLAApril 24, 2023
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRacial ProfilingUnreasonable Search & Seizure CCLA Reacts to R v McColman Decision OTTAWA — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…CCLAMarch 27, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPolice Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityRace, Religion & Ethnicity Court agrees with CCLA that police background checks require oversight On February 27, 2023, the Divisional Court in Ontario released its decision in Khorsand v.…CCLAMarch 9, 2023
Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolitical AdvertisingPRESS RELEASES CCLA Reacts to Working Families Decision OTTAWA — Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), reacted to…CCLAMarch 6, 2023
CBC: Court delays not just a New Brunswick problem: civil liberties lawyer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/case-thrown-nb-follow-delays-1.6764066
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeaths in CustodyPRESS RELEASES Press Release: Police-involved deaths on the rise across Canada Publicly accessible living online database tracking police-involved deaths launched Database website: https://trackinginjustice.ca/ Ottawa, Ontario –…CCLAFebruary 23, 2023
Democratic RightsEmergencies ActFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Reaction to Public Order Emergency Commission February 17, 2023 Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLAFebruary 17, 2023