EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Notwithstanding Clause CCLA Urges Premier to Reconsider Plan Undermining Charter Freedoms Today, CCLA’s Executive Director wrote to Alberta’s Premier expressing deep concern over the plan to…CCLASeptember 24, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES CCLA Condemn Alberta’s Proposed Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Target Trans Communities TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association strongly condemns Alberta’s plan to invoke the notwithstanding…CCLASeptember 22, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Notwithstanding ClausePRESS RELEASES CCLA Welcomes UR Pride Decision Affirming Key Role of Courts in Protecting Charter Rights TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes today’s decision of the Saskatchewan Court of…Aaden PearsonAugust 12, 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condemns Quebec’s discriminatory detention policy targeting trans inmates Thunder Bay’s Medical Officer of Health has rescinded her February 8th Class Order targeting individuals…Aaden PearsonJune 20, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+ CCLA welcomes decision on gender affirming healthcare funding in Ontario CCLA welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in OHIP v KS confirming that…Harini SivalangamApril 23, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Refugees & Immigration Civil Society Groups Call for Immediate Suspension of Safe Third Country Agreement With United States of America TORONTO — The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, Rainbow Railroad, and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLAFebruary 21, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+ CCLA Submissions to Standing Committee on Status of Women’s study on Hate Motivated Violence Directed at 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities The Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following submissions to Standing Committee on Status of…CCLADecember 13, 2024
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES CCLA Condemns Passage of Anti-Trans Laws in Alberta TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…CCLADecember 4, 2024
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+ CCLA Intervening To Ensure Equitable Health Care Funding for Trans and Nonbinary People in Ontario TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, made…CCLANovember 13, 2024
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Policy 713PRESS RELEASESYouth CCLA Strongly Condemns Alberta Legislation That Erodes Freedoms of Trans and Gender Diverse Youth and Their Families TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, made…CCLANovember 1, 2024