CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Appearing Before Supreme Court to Ensure Substance Users Can Access Emergency Medical Care TORONTO - Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties…CCLAJanuary 14, 2025
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESWomen CCLA Announces Victory and Discontinues Abortion Access Challenge in New Brunswick TORONTO - Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLAJanuary 13, 2025
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRefugees & ImmigrationSocio-Economic Status CCLA and CARL Disappointed in City of Toronto’s Complete Failure to Take Accountability on Refugee Shelter Bed Denial The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) are…CCLADecember 20, 2024
EQUALITYPolicy 713PRESS RELEASESYouth CCLA Welcomes Changes to Policy 713 TORONTO - Harini Sivalingam, Director of Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association made…CCLADecember 19, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolice Transparency, Oversight & Accountability CCLA Urges Montreal to End Street Checks CCLA wrote to the City of Montreal to urge them to end street checks in…CCLADecember 13, 2024
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
EQUALITYNotwithstanding ClauseSocio-Economic Status CCLA Expresses Concerns Over Proposed Laws To Criminalize Unhoused People Living in Encampments TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLADecember 12, 2024
EQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSNotwithstanding ClausePRESS RELEASES CCLA Reacts to the Ontario Premier’s Letter Foreshadowing Future Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Override Court Decisions TORONTO — CCLA is relieved that the Ontario government does not intend on using the…CCLADecember 5, 2024
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRace, Religion & EthnicityRacial Profiling CCLA Ready to Defend Landmark Racial Profiling Decision MONTREAL — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLADecember 5, 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