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CCLA Urges MPs to Adopt Senate Amendments to Bill C-14 on Bail Reform

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association urges the House of Commons to adopt the amendments passed…

Shakir RahimJune 2, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Presumption of Innocence Right to Reasonable Bail Sentencing

CCLA Remarks On Bill C-14 Restricting Bail

On April 22, 2026, Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program, testified on Bill…

Shakir RahimMay 7, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing PRESS RELEASES Presumption of Innocence

CCLA Condemns Premier’s Challenge to Judicial Independence in Zameer Case

Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program, made the following statement: "Respect for judicial…

CCLAMarch 19, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES Right to Reasonable Bail

CCLA Calls on Senate to Scrutinize Bill C-14 on Bail Reform

The Senate of Canada will consider Bill C-14, sweeping criminal justice legislation on bail and…

CCLAMarch 9, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial Rights Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing PRESS RELEASES Right to Silence

CCLA Before Supreme Court to Protect the Principle Against Self-Incrimination

The CCLA will appear today as an intervener before the Supreme Court of Canada in…

Shakir RahimFebruary 17, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Sentencing

CCLA Appearing Before Supreme Court to Protect Right to be Sentenced Within A Reasonable Time

The CCLA will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada as an intervenor in R.…

Shakir RahimJanuary 15, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Indigenous People PRESS RELEASES Sentencing

CCLA Intervening in R. v. Cope to Address Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in Prisons

The CCLA will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada as an intervener in R.…

CCLADecember 11, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fair Trial Rights PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Strongly Opposes Bill C-16

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association strongly opposes Bill C-16 announced today by the Minister of…

CCLADecember 9, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES Presumption of Innocence Right to Reasonable Bail

CCLA Statement on Ontario Cash Bail Proposal

Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program, said, “The Ontario Government’s proposal to require…

CCLANovember 24, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES Right to Reasonable Bail

Statement on Bill C-14

TORONTO - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association strongly opposes the bail and sentencing restrictions contained…

CCLAOctober 23, 2025

Fair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing