Access to InformationDemocratic RightsFreedom of ExpressionFreedom of the PressFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA Fighting for Transparency and Openness before the Supreme Court The CCLA is intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ontario v. Information and…Cara ZwibelApril 12, 2023
Freedom of ExpressionFreedom of the PressFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRegulation of Online Expression CCLA speaks out on guiding principles for Canada’s upcoming online safety proposal CCLA has joined with 12 other civil society organizations to release a joint statement addressed…Cara ZwibelMarch 21, 2023
Freedom of ExpressionFreedom of the PressFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Read our op-ed inspired by Freedom to Read Week by Cara Zwibel, Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program Last Spring Sotheby’s auction house sold off a copy of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale…Cara ZwibelFebruary 24, 2023
Freedom of AssociationFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRegulation of Online ExpressionRight to Protest CCLA Intervening in Tik Tok Injunction Appeal to Protect Space for Digital Activism TikTok teens and duet fiends, take note. The CCLA is intervening in an Ontario court…Cara ZwibelJanuary 11, 2023
Criminal Prohibitions on SpeechEQUALITYFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA Intervening in Challenge to Sex Work Laws The CCLA recently filed its written argument in Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform…Cara ZwibelAugust 16, 2022
Election FinanceFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolitical AdvertisingVoting Rights CCLA Intervening at Ontario Court of Appeal on Importance of Political Expression and the Right to Vote The CCLA continues to work to ensure that governments do not overreach in exercising their…Cara ZwibelJune 14, 2022
Freedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRight to Protest CCLA Moving Forward with Appeal of Nova Scotia Anti-Protest Injunction The CCLA continues to work to ensure that governments do not overreach in exercising their…CCLAApril 8, 2022
Democratic RightsFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolitical AdvertisingVoting Rights CCLA disappointed to see Ontario election ad restrictions upheld On December 3, 2021, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld the constitutionality of recent…Cara ZwibelDecember 8, 2021
Democratic RightsElection FinanceFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolitical AdvertisingVoting Rights CCLA makes its case against Ontario’s third party advertising restrictions On November 22, 2021, the Ontario Superior Court will hear arguments in the Working Families…Cara ZwibelNovember 18, 2021
DefamationDisabilityEQUALITYFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Offensive Comedy ≠ Discrimination The Supreme Court of Canada has released its decision in Ward v. Commission des droits…Cara ZwibelOctober 29, 2021