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 SivalingamMay 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
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+ CCLA welcomes decision on gender affirming healthcare funding in Ontario CCLA welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in OHIP v KS confirming that…Harini SivalingamApril 23, 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
Freedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRight to Protest The Trouble With Toronto’s Proposed Bubble Zone Bylaw The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms just celebrated its 43rd anniversary. On this occasion,…Anaïs Bussières McNicollApril 19, 2025
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingHabeas CorpusPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary Confinement CCLA Intervening before Supreme Court to Protect Habeas Corpus The CCLA will appear as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in AGC…Shakir RahimApril 17, 2025
DisabilityEQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSLife, Liberty & SecurityPRESS RELEASES CCLA strongly opposes Alberta’s proposed forced treatment law TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…Harini SivalingamApril 15, 2025
Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES CCLA to Defend Canadians’ Mobility Rights at Supreme Court TORONTO, April 15, 2025 – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will appear at the…Anaïs Bussières McNicollApril 15, 2025