EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Joins Over 250 Organizations Opposing Defunding of Supervised Consumption Sites CCLA joined over 250 civil society organizations denouncing Ontario’s decision to defund the only remaining…CCLAMarch 31, 2026
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Condemns Quebec Move To Expand Forced Treatment And Involuntary Hospitalization TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) is raising serious concerns over Quebec government’s…CCLAMarch 27, 2026
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Raises Alarm Over Alberta’s Decision to Close Safe Consumption Sites TORONTO — Echoing the concerns of frontline advocates and health care professionals, the Canadian Civil…CCLAMarch 25, 2026
EQUALITYLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Denounces Defunding of Safe Consumption Sites in Ontario On March 13, 2026, Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil…Harini SivalingamMarch 13, 2026
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Opposes Expansion of Arrest Powers to Transit Special Constables Under Public Substance Use Law Toronto — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed submissions to the Ontario Ministry of the…CCLAFebruary 27, 2026
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Intervening to Defend Rights of Unhoused People in Landmark Ontario Appeal TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has been granted leave to intervene in an…CCLAJanuary 12, 2026
DisabilityEQUALITYLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASESSafe SheltersSocio-Economic Status CCLA Warns Lives Are at Risk Under Quebec’s Bill 103 Restricting Harm Reduction Services TORONTO — The passage of Bill 103 in the Quebec National Assembly imposes restrictions that will…Harini SivalingamNovember 19, 2025
EQUALITYLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASESRefugees & ImmigrationSocio-Economic StatusYouth CCLA Welcomes Court of Appeal Decision Upholding Protections for Convention Refugee Children TORONTO – Harini Sivalingam, Director of Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association made…Harini SivalingamSeptember 3, 2025
EQUALITYLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA intervening in new encampment case in Waterloo TORONTO – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) is intervening in a case challenging a…Harini SivalingamAugust 22, 2025
EQUALITYPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilitySocio-Economic Status CCLA Reacts to Ontario Passing the Safer Municipalities Act The CCLA, as a member of the Encampment Justice Coalition, strongly opposes the punitive and…CCLAJune 6, 2025