Arbitrary DetentionCOVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Update on CCLA’s Challenge to Ontario’s New Regulation "We will take yes for an answer and put this legal challenge on pause, with…Michael BryantApril 17, 2021
Arbitrary DetentionCOVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA to Challenge Ontario’s “Black Friday” Regulation “We have today retained counsel and are preparing to go to court in the coming…Michael BryantApril 17, 2021
COVID-19EQUALITYRace, Religion & Ethnicity Statement on Anti-Asian Racism Misplaced fear and ignorance feeds racism, today and yesterday. Growing up in British Columbia, the…Michael BryantApril 6, 2021
COVID-19FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSMobility CCLA Writes to David Lametti and Marc Garneau: Canadians Must be Allowed to Come Home CCLA writing to the Government of Canada announcement of December 31, 2020 stating that, as…Michael BryantJanuary 6, 2021
COVID-19FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSMobilityPRIVACYSurveillance & TechnologyVaccine Passports CCLA Debates Vaccine Passports on TVO.org: Our Letter that Sparked the Debate We are writing you about the bad idea floated from an Ontario executive podium respecting…Michael BryantDecember 14, 2020
COVID-19CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Ad Hoc Tribunals During Public Emergencies We can be justifiably smug in Canada about our internationally renowned independent judiciary, in contrast…Michael BryantDecember 4, 2020
PRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Can City Hall ‘Deploy’ Contact Tracing App on Its Phones? Ahead of a second wave of the coronavirus in Canada, Toronto’s Deputy Mayor Stephen Holiday is asking…Michael BryantSeptember 25, 2020
COVID-19Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Statement to Select Special Public Health Act Review Committee, Legislative Assembly of Alberta Founded in 1964, the CCLA is a national, independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to furthering…Michael BryantAugust 27, 2020
COVID-19Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS A Crisis is a Terrible Time to Legislate There are two kinds of emergency management legislation: those legislated after a crisis is over,…Michael BryantMay 27, 2020
COVID-19FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS No Mask, No Service? Not so Fast. When the Premier of Ontario was asked last week on a teleconference whether merchants can…Michael BryantMay 27, 2020