Constitutional RemediesCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRIVACYSearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure Supreme Court Dodges Key Issue in R. v. McGregor A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. McGregor opted not to…Cara ZwibelFebruary 21, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDNA ForensicsEQUALITYPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYRace, Religion & EthnicityRacial ProfilingRefugees & ImmigrationSearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure Human Rights Tribunal Finds Police DNA Sweep was Discriminatory Earlier this week the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the Ontario Provincial Police (“OPP”)…Abby DeshmanAugust 23, 2022
Device SearchesIntelligence & CybersecurityPRESS RELEASESPRIVACYSurveillance & PrivacySurveillance & Technology CCLA Calls for Moratorium on RCMP Surveillance ‘Tools’ Brenda McPhail, Director of Privacy Technology and Surveillance Program for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…CCLAAugust 9, 2022
Device SearchesPRESS RELEASESPRIVACY Statement on the RCMP’s Use of Spyware The RCMP uses spyware against Canadians in targeted investigations. The revelation was buried in a…CCLAJune 30, 2022
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionPRIVACYSearch & SeizureSearch & SeizureSurveillance & PrivacyUnreasonable Search & Seizure Canadian Civil Liberties Association launches constitutional challenge to Ontario’s strip search law The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and a woman with personal experience have launched a major…Abby DeshmanJune 20, 2022
Border TechnologyDevice SearchesPRIVACY Oral Submissions on Bill S-7 Regarding Privacy and Device Searches at the Border Oral Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence (SECD) regarding Bill…Brenda McPhailJune 1, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDevice SearchesFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYSearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure Applying the Charter Outside of Canada Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to the actions of law enforcement…Cara ZwibelMay 16, 2022
Border TechnologyDevice SearchesPRIVACYTravel Screening Phone Searches at the Border: Bill S-7 Fails to Protect Privacy Bill S-7, introduced to provide a threshold for device searches at the border, fails to…Brenda McPhailMay 16, 2022
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYSearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure SCC Rules on Constitutionality of Post-Arrest Searches of Houses On Friday April 8 the Supreme Court released its ruling in R v Stairs, a…Abby DeshmanApril 12, 2022
Police Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYReasonable Expectations of PrivacySearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure CCLA to Appear Before the Supreme Court in Police Search and Seizure Case The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has been granted leave to intervene in the upcoming…CCLAJune 11, 2021