Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision CCLA and Partners File Legal Case Against the Correctional Service of Canada The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and its coalition partners have filed a constitutional challenge to…CCLAMay 12, 2020
COVID-19 Promoting Health, Not Authoritarianism Hundreds of epidemics have afflicted humankind. Few rivaled smallpox, which was easily spread and often…Guest AuthorMay 1, 2020
Access to InformationCOVID-19Freedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRegulation of Online Expression Government Censorship and Pandemic “Mis”Information Canada can flatten the curve without flattening free speech. Government censorship is hardly a public…Cara ZwibelApril 28, 2020
COVID-19Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSYouth Children and Parents Belong Together, Especially During a Pandemic It has come to our attention that many Children’s Aid Societies have effectively cancelled all…Cara ZwibelApril 24, 2020
COVID-19DisabilityEQUALITYIndigenous PeopleMAJOR CASES & REPORTSRace, Religion & EthnicitySafe SheltersSocio-Economic Status CCLA Defends Toronto’s Homeless Population Toronto has failed to protect homeless people in its over-crowded shelter and respite system –…Noa Mendelsohn AvivApril 24, 2020
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
Conditions of ConfinementCOVID-19COVID-19 & PrisonsCRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Letter to Correctional Service of Canada We express our deep concern regarding the health and well-being of the inmates and staff…Abby DeshmanApril 22, 2020