COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Too Many COVID Charges, Too Many Tickets, Too Many Fines. Too many COVID charges, too many tickets, too many fines. It’s a public health crisis,…Michael BryantApril 21, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Pandemic Policing Has Taken a Punitive Turn in Ottawa Being a mature democratic country with a constitutional bill of rights means that instant, mass…Abby DeshmanApril 7, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPolice Transparency, Oversight & Accountability CCLA to Ottawa: Stop Overpolicing During a Pandemic Firstly, we are receiving a large number of reports from the public that your police…Michael BryantApril 6, 2020
Arbitrary DetentionCOVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityRace, Religion & Ethnicity CCLA to Attorney General: Concerns About Carding Under Emergency Order As you know concerns about carding, racial and social profiling led to a serious crisis…Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 3, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Drastic Action Needed; Protect Incarcerated, Correctional Workers & Broader Communities A Letter from CCLA to All Provinces and Territories: New BrunswickMichael BryantApril 2, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA to Provinces & Territories: Drastic Action Needed Now CCLA to Provinces and Territories: CCLA has written to government ministers across the country to…CCLAApril 2, 2020
COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDisabilityEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityRace, Religion & EthnicitySocio-Economic Status Carding in a Pandemic While we certainly understand the enormity of the pandemic, and of the province’s task in…Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 2, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA to CACP: Transparency in Emergency Police Powers is Needed I am writing to urge that the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police take an…Michael BryantApril 2, 2020
CRIMINAL JUSTICEInformation Sharing CCLA to Attorney General: Emergency Management of the Justice Sector Now Needed In particular, I am writing about three matters: emergency funding of provincial legal aid services;…Michael BryantMarch 22, 2020
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Protecting the Forgotten During Canada’s Response to Coronavirus: The Jailed Canada must protect those who are often forgotten in a crisis: legally innocent people held…CCLAMarch 19, 2020