COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA Questions Ottawa Policing Ignorance of the law is ordinarily an invalid defence. But nothing is ordinary about a…CCLAApril 24, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA to Ontario: Clarify How People Can Fight Fines Two days ago we wrote to the Ontario government about the fact that people are…Cara ZwibelApril 24, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYRace, Religion & EthnicityUnreasonable Search & Seizure CCLA and Partners Question Government on Decision to Share COVID-19 Test Results with Police Last week police services across Ontario quietly got access to a new database – a…Abby DeshmanApril 23, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementMAJOR CASES & REPORTS CCLA to Ontario: Fix COVID Tix Process Currently, under section 9 of the Provincial Offences Act, an individual is deemed not to…Cara ZwibelApril 23, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Too Many COVID Charges, Too Many Tickets, Too Many Fines. Too many COVID charges, too many tickets, too many fines. It’s a public health crisis,…Michael BryantApril 21, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Pandemic Policing Has Taken a Punitive Turn in Ottawa Being a mature democratic country with a constitutional bill of rights means that instant, mass…Abby DeshmanApril 7, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPolice Transparency, Oversight & Accountability CCLA to Ottawa: Stop Overpolicing During a Pandemic Firstly, we are receiving a large number of reports from the public that your police…Michael BryantApril 6, 2020
Arbitrary DetentionCOVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityRace, Religion & Ethnicity CCLA to Attorney General: Concerns About Carding Under Emergency Order As you know concerns about carding, racial and social profiling led to a serious crisis…Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 3, 2020
COVID-19 & Law EnforcementDisabilityEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityRace, Religion & EthnicitySocio-Economic Status Carding in a Pandemic While we certainly understand the enormity of the pandemic, and of the province’s task in…Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 2, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA to CACP: Transparency in Emergency Police Powers is Needed I am writing to urge that the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police take an…Michael BryantApril 2, 2020