FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Sounds the Alarm Over Government of Alberta’s Dangerous Censorship Agenda TORONTO – The CCLA is sounding the alarm over the Government of Alberta’s push to…CCLAAugust 29, 2025
EQUALITYFreedom of ReligionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES CCLA Condemns Quebec’s Ban on Prayer in Public The Canadian Civil Liberties Association strongly condemns the Quebec government’s announcement that it will introduce…CCLAAugust 28, 2025
EQUALITYLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA INTERVENING IN NEW WATERLOO ENCAMPMENT CASE BEFORE THE COURTS TORONTO – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) is intervening in a case challenging a…Harini SivalangamAugust 22, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Notwithstanding ClausePRESS RELEASES CCLA Welcomes UR Pride Decision Affirming Key Role of Courts in Protecting Charter Rights TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes today’s decision of the Saskatchewan Court of…Aaden PearsonAugust 12, 2025
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condemns Quebec’s discriminatory detention policy targeting trans inmates Thunder Bay’s Medical Officer of Health has rescinded her February 8th Class Order targeting individuals…Aaden PearsonJune 20, 2025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