CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASES Final Edition of the Prison Pandemic Papers Documenting the Impact of COVID-19 in Jails, Prisons and Penitentiaries Across Canada Launched TORONTO — Today, the final edition of the Prison Pandemic Papers was launched online, making available…CCLAMarch 26, 2025
EQUALITYFreedom of ReligionPRESS RELEASESRace, Religion & EthnicityRefugees & Immigration CCLA Warns Quebec Bill 84 Threatens Social Cohesion, Calls for Meaningful Consultation MONTREAL — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following submissions to the Committee on…Harini SivalingamMarch 21, 2025
Freedom of AssociationFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Quebec’s Bill 89: CCLA Files Submission Opposing New Limits on the Right to Strike CCLA just filed its written submission on Quebec's Bill 89 to the Committee on economy…Anaïs Bussières McNicollMarch 19, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPresumption of InnocencePrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionSolitary Confinement CCLA Welcomes Supreme Court of Canada Decision upholding prisoners’ rights The Canadian Civil Liberties Association welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada decision in John Howard Society…Harini SivalingamMarch 18, 2025
Eyes on the Watchers: Challenging the Rise of Police Facial Recognition https://inclo.net/pillars/surveillance-and-digital-rights/principles-for-use-of-frt/
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES CCLA on the Supreme Court of Canada’s Ruling in the Working Families Case: An Important Victory for Democracy It is profoundly regrettable that the Ontario government chose to use the notwithstanding clause to…CCLAMarch 7, 2025
Freedom of AssociationFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA Opposes New Limits on Right to Strike MONTREAL — Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties…CCLAFebruary 21, 2025
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Refugees & Immigration Civil Society Groups Call for Immediate Suspension of Safe Third Country Agreement With United States of America TORONTO — The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, Rainbow Railroad, and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLAFebruary 21, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityUnreasonable Search & Seizure CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court in R. v. Singer to Protect Privacy in the Home from Police The CCLA will appear today as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in…Shakir RahimFebruary 18, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRIVACY CCLA Sends letter to Ontario Political Parties Ahead of Election With the Ontario election coming up on February 27th, we have sent a letter to…CCLAFebruary 12, 2025