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
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
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSSocio-Economic Status CCLA Reacts to Ontario Government Bill Shutting Down Safe Injection Health Services Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has sent a letter to Brampton’s Mayor and City Councillors…CCLANovember 22, 2024
EQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Urges Big City Mayors To Vote Against Resolution That Overrides Rights Of Vulnerable People In Ontario TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is calling on Ontario’s Big City Mayors to…CCLAOctober 15, 2024
PRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Reacts to City of Kingston Closure of Belle Park Encampment TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, made…CCLAOctober 1, 2024
PRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Reacts to Premier of Ontario’s Comments on Unhoused People TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…CCLASeptember 26, 2024
DisabilityEQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status Constitutional Rights of Kingston Encampment Residents Must be Respected TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…Harini SivalangamSeptember 16, 2024
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status Yukon Court Strikes Down Parts of SCAN Act as Unconstitutional Infringement on Security of the Person TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…CCLASeptember 5, 2024
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Deeply Concerned Over City of Kingston Encampment Evictions TORONTO — CCLA is deeply concerned over the City of Kingston’s attempts to enforce a…CCLAApril 5, 2024
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status Ontario Court Finds Provisions of Safe Streets Act Unconstitutional TORONTO — The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has found that the Safe Streets Act violates the Charter freedoms of unhoused people…CCLAApril 2, 2024