CRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPolice Transparency, Oversight & Accountability CCLA Welcomes Ruling in Wilson Ensuring Substance Users Can Call For Emergency Medical Care Without Fearing Arrest The CCLA acted as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v.…Shakir RahimOctober 29, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESRight 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
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESRight to Reasonable Bail Statement on Bail and Sentencing Changes TORONTO - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association strongly opposes the bail and sentencing changes announced…CCLAOctober 16, 2025
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