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CRIMINAL JUSTICE Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA Releases New Guide on Protest Rights

TORONTO - In a time when the right to protest is on all our minds,…

CCLASeptember 2, 2025

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS 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

EQUALITY Freedom of Religion FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS 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

EQUALITY Life, Liberty & Security PRESS RELEASES Socio-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

EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+Notwithstanding Clause PRESS 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 JUSTICE EDUCATION EQUALITY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES PRIVACY

CCLA Announces New Executive Director

TORONTO - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust…

CCLAJuly 15, 2025

CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUALITY LGBTQ2S+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Thunder Bay’s Medical Officer of Health has rescinded her February 8th Class Order targeting individuals…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 FREEDOMS PRESS 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 Confinement CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS 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 JUSTICE EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Racial Profiling

Leave to Appeal to SCC Granted

MONTREAL – Aaden Pearson, Staff Lawyer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association released the following…

CCLAMay 2, 2025

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