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
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Drug Recognition Expert’s Opinions Shouldn’t Be Taken As Incontrovertible Evidence The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…CCLAFebruary 23, 2017