CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA at the Supreme Court: A Momentous Bail Decision for Automatic Reviews of Detention In R. v. Myers, the Supreme Court was tasked with interpreting a somewhat obscure Criminal…Guest AuthorMarch 29, 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDemocratic RightsFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA to Ottawa: Call an SCC Reference Of the many tools at the disposal of a government in times of profound uncertainty,…Michael BryantFebruary 23, 2019
Community SupervisionConstitutional RemediesCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision No Remedy and No Right – SCC Strikes a Double Blow The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…Cara ZwibelFebruary 8, 2019
Community SupervisionConstitutional RemediesCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencing CCLA at the Supreme Court: Does a Charter violation require a remedy? Mr. Bird doing too much bird is the issue before the Supreme Court of Canada…Michael BryantFebruary 6, 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencing BC Court of Appeal Strikes Down Another Mandatory Minimum Sentence Just two months after declaring the mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography unconstitutional…Guest AuthorJanuary 23, 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksEQUALITYSentencingSocio-Economic Status WHAMMY! Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Canada’s Ugliest Populist Criminal Law It’s not everyday that civil libertarians hit a home run in the Supreme Court of…Michael BryantDecember 14, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingRight to Reasonable Bail ‘This Time We Really Mean It’ Won’t Cut It for Bail Reform Fixing the broken law of bail cannot happen without some belated action by legislators meeting…Abby DeshmanOctober 29, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingRight to Reasonable Bail Bill C-75: Right Goals, Wrong Tools Over the next few weeks, witnesses will gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to share…CCLASeptember 25, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing R v Wong: Guilty Pleas Must Be Voluntary, Unequivocal, and Informed Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision in R v Wong holding that an accused…CCLAMay 25, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECruel & Unusual PunishmentFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Toronto Star Op-Ed Omar Khadr The following is a re-print of an op-ed from the Toronto Star by Adriel Weaver…CCLAJuly 6, 2017