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
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRight to Protest CCLA Presents to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy on Bill 100 (Ontario) Oral Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario…Cara ZwibelApril 7, 2022
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDemocratic RightsEmergencies ActMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Reaction to the Revocation of the Declaration of Emergency We welcome the government’s decision to revoke the proclamation of emergency – it is overdue.…Abby DeshmanFebruary 23, 2022
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDemocratic RightsEmergencies ActMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Reaction to Vote in the House Abby Deshman, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following…CCLAFebruary 22, 2022
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDemocratic RightsEmergencies ActMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Will Fight Invocation of Emergencies Act in Court The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) announced today that it will pursue litigation to challenge…CCLAFebruary 17, 2022
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDemocratic RightsEmergencies ActMAJOR CASES & REPORTS Remarks From the Emergencies Act Press Release of February 2022 This week, the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act – an extreme law that has…CCLAFebruary 17, 2022
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDemocratic RightsEmergencies ActMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Statement on the Emergencies Act The Emergencies Act can only be invoked, according to its own terms, when a situation…CCLAFebruary 15, 2022
EQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSSocio-Economic Status By Terminating the Basic Income Project Early, the Ontario Government Hurt Vulnerable People On February 2nd, CCLA will be appearing as an intervenor before the Ontario Court of…Noa Mendelsohn AvivFebruary 1, 2022
COVID-19FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSMobilityPRESS RELEASES CCLA’s Statement on Quebec’s Tax Proposal Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms and acting General Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties…CCLAJanuary 12, 2022