EQUALITYLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASESRefugees & ImmigrationSocio-Economic StatusYouth 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
EQUALITYLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASESSocio-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
EQUALITYRefugees & Immigration CCLA Welcomes Supreme Court of Canada Decision Reinforcing Meaningful Statutory Appeal Rights Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association appear today at the Supreme Court of Canada…Harini SivalangamJuly 11, 2025
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status 85 Organizations Across Ontario Stand Against Punishing Encampments 85 organizations working across communities in Ontario stand united as the newly formed Encampment Justice…Harini SivalangamMay 2, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+ CCLA welcomes decision on gender affirming healthcare funding in Ontario CCLA welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in OHIP v KS confirming that…Harini SivalangamApril 23, 2025
DisabilityEQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASES CCLA strongly opposes Alberta’s proposed forced treatment law TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…Harini SivalangamApril 15, 2025
EQUALITYFreedom of ReligionPRESS RELEASESRace, Religion & EthnicityRefugees & Immigration CCLA Warns Quebec Bill 84 Threatens Social Cohesion, Calls for Meaningful Consultation MONTREAL — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following submissions to the Committee on…Harini SivalangamMarch 21, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPresumption of InnocencePrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary Confinement CCLA Welcomes Supreme Court of Canada Decision upholding prisoners’ rights The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada decision in John Howard Society…Harini SivalangamMarch 18, 2025
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRefugees & Immigration CCLA Appears Before the Federal Court in Challenge to Refugee Cessation Provisions TORONTO —Pro bono lawyers representing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association will appear this week before…Harini SivalangamSeptember 17, 2024
DisabilityEQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status Constitutional Rights of Kingston Encampment Residents Must be Respected TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…Harini SivalangamSeptember 16, 2024