COVID-19EQUALITYMAJOR CASES & REPORTSSafe SheltersSocio-Economic Status Superior Court Rules that the City of Toronto failed to protect the homeless. The Ontario Superior Court ruled that the City of Toronto failed to comply with a…Noa Mendelsohn AvivOctober 15, 2020
COVID-19Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA Says Governing by Press Release, Not by Law, is COVID Governance by Stealth In a letter dated October 14, we wrote to the Attorney General of Ontario over…CCLAOctober 14, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityUnreasonable Search & Seizure Guess Who’s Coming to Thanksgiving Dinner, Quebec? The Quebec government has put the police on the frontlines of the pandemic and placed…Abby DeshmanOctober 12, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDetasking PolicePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Quebec Doubles Down on Its Punitive Approach to COVID Quebec’s new COVID restrictions are simultaneously strict and bewildering. Millions of Quebeckers in the ‘red…Abby DeshmanOctober 5, 2020
COVID-19EQUALITYSocio-Economic Status The City of Toronto Breached the Agreement to Protect Those Experiencing Homelessness The City of Toronto breached the agreement to protect those experiencing homelessness, and we are…CCLASeptember 30, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityRace, Religion & EthnicityUnreasonable Search & Seizure Inaccurate, Unreliable, Dysfunctional: A Glimpse Into Ontario’s Now-Defunct COVID Database for Police In the spring the Ontario government launched a database of COVID test results, with the…Abby DeshmanSeptember 30, 2020
COVID-19EQUALITYMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESSafe SheltersSocio-Economic Status City breached agreement to protect homeless The City of Toronto is putting the lives of those experiencing homelessness as well as…CCLASeptember 29, 2020
COVID-19Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Statement to Select Special Public Health Act Review Committee, Legislative Assembly of Alberta Founded in 1964, the CCLA is a national, independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to furthering…Michael BryantAugust 27, 2020
COVID-19COVID-19 & Law EnforcementCRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYIndigenous PeoplePolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityRace, Religion & EthnicityUnreasonable Search & Seizure Ontario Government Revokes Emergency Order The Ontario government has ended police access to a COVID-19 database after CCLA and partners…Abby DeshmanAugust 17, 2020
COVID-19Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Bill 195: Ontario’s Power Grab The Ontario government is trying to end the legal state of emergency and simultaneously hold…CCLAJuly 20, 2020