Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionYouth CCLA Wins Important Battle Against Feds On Solitary Confinement The feds were scolded today by the Chief Justice of Ontario and its highest court,…CCLADecember 17, 2018
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 JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record Checks Blowing the Whistle on Saskatoon’s Proposed Rules for Rideshares and Taxis This morning we wrote to Saskatoon’s Mayor and City Council to share our concerns about…CCLADecember 14, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksMAJOR CASES & REPORTS New Act Protects Ontarians From Release Of Unproven Allegations Across the country, Canadians who have never been found guilty of a crime are unable to…CCLADecember 13, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDecriminalization Police and Pot: Let Them Smoke, Vape, and – Yes – Eat Cake (or Brownies!) Too Police leaders are violating the civil liberties of their own ranks and perpetuating a culture…Abby DeshmanDecember 7, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksMAJOR CASES & REPORTS Ontario Leads The Way On Police Record Checks Reform On November 1, 2018, the Police Records Checks Reform Act (PRCRA) comes into force.CCLANovember 1, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksMAJOR CASES & REPORTS What You Need To Know About The New Police Record Checks Reform Act On November 1, 2018, the Police Records Checks Reform Act (PRCRA) comes into force. Police record checks…CCLANovember 1, 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
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Rights groups challenging solitary confinement in court release joint statement on Bill C-83 Today the three organizations fighting the federal government in BC and Ontario courts on solitary…CCLAOctober 16, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDecriminalization 10 things that will still be a crime after cannabis is legalized The cannabis industry is being legalized – but there are still plenty of laws that…CCLAOctober 16, 2018