CCLA is always working to protect your civil liberties.
Below is a list of all our latest updates, issues, briefs and activities.
Be sure to check back often, to stay up to date with the latest news about your civil liberties.
Anti-Protest Bylaws
July 4, 2025
Notwithstanding Clause: Save Our Charter
July 3, 2025
Bail and Pre-Trial Detention
July 2, 2025
Strip Searches in Ontario Prisons
June 21, 2022
Bill 21
Bill 21 is a law which disproportionately impacts people who are already marginalized. New Quebec laws ban Canadians working as teachers, lawyers, police officers, and more from wearing religious symbols such as crosses, hijabs, turbans and yarmulkes. This not only affects people currently working in the public sector, but also the youth who aspire to those careers.
Racial Profiling
Waterfront Toronto contracted with Google’s sibling Sidewalk Labs to create a smart city project in downtown Toronto. This project would be a sensor-laden neighbourhood, collecting data on people who live, work, or visit the area. Losing the ability to be a face in the crowd, and so much of our privacy, is what’s at stake. So we launched a legal action to reset the project.
Reproductive Rights
Bill 21 is a law which disproportionately impacts people who are already marginalized. New Quebec laws ban Canadians working as teachers, lawyers, police officers, and more from wearing religious symbols such as crosses, hijabs, turbans and yarmulkes. This not only affects people currently working in the public sector, but also the youth who aspire to those careers.
Fighting Solitary Confinement
Solitary confinement is the practice of confining someone in conditions of extreme isolation. Getting the practice ruled unconstitutional has been a major goal of both CCLA and BCCLA. We went to Canada’s highest court for a showdown with the federal government.
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