COVID-19EDUCATIONFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSMobility CCLA to NB: Do not Deny Students Access to Their Schools Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) to object to the government’s unlawful treatment of students from…Cara ZwibelNovember 10, 2020
COVID-19FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSMobility Seeking Information About the Province’s Self-Isolation Order for Persons Entering Manitoba The province of Manitoba currently has a self-isolation requirement for individuals entering the province from…Cara ZwibelOctober 30, 2020
COVID-19FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSMobility Why Mobility Rights Continue to Matter Why we’re appealing the decision of the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court of a few…Cara ZwibelOctober 28, 2020
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
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+MAJOR CASES & REPORTSNB Abortion RightsWomen CCLA Will Sue New Brunswick Over Abortion Restrictions The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has begun the process of taking New Brunswick to court…CCLAOctober 15, 2020
DisabilityEQUALITYIndigenous PeopleMAJOR CASES & REPORTSRace, Religion & EthnicitySafe SheltersSocio-Economic Status CCLA Wins Fight for Homeless Against City The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and coalition partners have won a lawsuit agains the City…CCLAOctober 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