CRIMINAL JUSTICEEDUCATIONEQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASESPRIVACY CCLA Announces New Executive Director TORONTO - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust…CCLAJuly 15, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYLGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES CCLA condemns Quebec’s discriminatory detention policy targeting trans inmates Thunder Bay’s Medical Officer of Health has rescinded her February 8th Class Order targeting individuals…Aaden PearsonJune 20, 2025
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Slams Ontario’s Power Grab in Bill 5 MONTREAL — Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of Fundamental Freedoms at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…CCLAMay 6, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES CCLA and 35 Civil Society Organizations Decry Provincial Inaction in Addressing Recommendations From Inquest Into Death of Soleiman Faqiri TORONTO — Soleiman Faqiri was a man with significant mental health conditions killed in provincial custody…CCLAMay 5, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRacial Profiling Leave to Appeal to SCC Granted MONTREAL – Aaden Pearson, Staff Lawyer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association released the following…CCLAMay 2, 2025
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status 85 Organizations Across Ontario Stand Against Punishing Encampments 85 organizations working across communities in Ontario stand united as the newly formed Encampment Justice…Harini SivalangamMay 2, 2025
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASESVoting Rights CCLA Welcomes Elections Canada’s Decision to Investigate Polling Station Issues in Nunavik MONTREAL - Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program at the Canadian Civil…CCLAMay 1, 2025
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASES CCLA Condemns Rights Violations and Urges Withdrawal of Quebec’s Bill 94 Harini Sivalingam, Director of Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following…CCLAMay 1, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES Statement on Premier Ford’s Alarming Remarks on Judicial Independence TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program (CCLA), made the following statement: Premier…CCLAApril 30, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICENotwithstanding ClausePRESS RELEASES Statement on Proposed Use of Notwithstanding Clause in Run-Up to Federal Election TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program (CCLA), made the following statement: The…CCLAApril 23, 2025