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EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+Policy 713 PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Reacts to New Brunswick Policy 713 on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Lawyer and Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties…

CCLAJune 9, 2023

CBC: Civil liberties group concerned about ‘domino effect’ of LGBTQ-protection policy review

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-lgbtq-policy-rights-protections-1.6868375

EQUALITY Freedom of Religion FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES Quebec's School Prayer Ban Race, Religion & Ethnicity Women Youth

NCCM AND CCLA LAUNCH JOINT CHALLENGE TO QUEBEC GOVERNMENT’S BAN ON PRAYERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

(Montreal, Quebec)—The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), and…

Harini SivalangamMay 26, 2023

Defamation FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS LGBTQ2S+

SLAPPs, Speech, and Standing Up for Equality

CCLA appears before the Supreme Court of Canada in key defamation case of Hansman v…

CCLAMay 23, 2023

EQUALITY Race, Religion & Ethnicity Women

CCLA Submission on Anti-Black Racism at the Canadian Human Rights Commission

Harini Sivalingam (Director of Equality Program) delivered the following statement to the Senate Human Rights…

CCLAMay 15, 2023

Freedom of Religion PRESS RELEASES Quebec's School Prayer Ban Race, Religion & Ethnicity

CCLA Reacts to Quebec Directive on Prayer Spaces in Public Schools

TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Lawyer and Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil…

CCLAApril 24, 2023

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Racial Profiling Unreasonable Search & Seizure

CCLA Reacts to R v McColman Decision

OTTAWA — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…

CCLAMarch 27, 2023

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Records & Collateral Consequences Criminal Records & Police Record Checks Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Police Transparency, Oversight & Accountability Race, Religion & Ethnicity

Court agrees with CCLA that police background checks require oversight

On February 27, 2023, the Divisional Court in Ontario released its decision in Khorsand v.…

CCLAMarch 9, 2023

The Guardian: Canada court rules random traffic stops are racist and unconstitutional

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/26/canada-court-police-traffic-stops-racial-profiling

Arbitrary Detention CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY MAJOR CASES & REPORTS Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability PRESS RELEASES Race, Religion & Ethnicity Racial Profiling

Huge Victory Against Racial Profiling in Quebec Superior Court

MONTREAL — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (“CCLA”), as a party intervening in the case…

CCLAOctober 26, 2022

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