CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Appears before House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Bail System On October 2, 2025, Shakir Rahim Director of the Criminal Justice Program, testified before the…Shakir RahimOctober 9, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA intervening before Supreme Court in McKee to protect fair trial rights The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in…Shakir RahimOctober 8, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRacial Profiling CCLA Defends Landmark Court Decisions on Racial Profiling at the SCC OTTAWA – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed arguments at the Supreme Court of Canada…CCLASeptember 23, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES CCLA Statement on Edmonton Police Service Threat to Crown TORONTO - It is manifestly unconstitutional and deeply troubling for a police service to threaten…CCLASeptember 11, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES CCLA Calls for Data Collection in Bail Reform Claims that access to bail drives crime are false, and no government has provided evidence…CCLASeptember 11, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Releases New Guide on Protest Rights TORONTO - In a time when the right to protest is on all our minds,…CCLASeptember 2, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencingYouth Supreme Court releases judgment in I.M. on youth criminal sentencing On July 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment in R. v.…Shakir RahimJuly 21, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEDUCATIONEQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASESPRIVACY CCLA Announces New Executive Director TORONTO - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust…CCLAJuly 15, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYLGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES CCLA condemns Quebec’s discriminatory detention policy targeting trans inmates Thunder Bay’s Medical Officer of Health has rescinded her February 8th Class Order targeting individuals…Aaden PearsonJune 20, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA on Supreme Court Decision in Bouvette Concerning Remedies for Miscarriages of Justice Miscarriages of justice represent some of the gravest failures of the criminal justice system. For…CCLAJune 12, 2025