CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court to Ensure Legal Distinction Between Aiding Suicide and Murder Upheld The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in…Shakir RahimMay 21, 2025
Arbitrary DetentionCRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability CCLA before Supreme Court in Carignan to Ensure Unlawful Arrests Can be Challenged Under the Charter The CCLA appeared before the Supreme Court today in R. v. Carignan. The CCLA submitted that…Shakir RahimMay 21, 2025
Freedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRight to Protest CCLA on Toronto’s Proposed Bubble Zone Bylaw TORONTO — On May 16, 2025, CCLA and the Centre for Free Expression sent a…Anaïs Bussières McNicollMay 20, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPresumption of Innocence CCLA Intervening Before Supreme Court to Ensure Protection for Solicitor-Client Privilege The CCLA has been granted leave to intervene in R. v. Fox before the Supreme…Shakir RahimMay 20, 2025
EQUALITYRefugees & ImmigrationWomen CCLA Intervenes Before Supreme Court to Defend Migrant Rights TORONTO — Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association appears today at the Supreme Court…CCLAMay 15, 2025
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS 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 ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS 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
EQUALITYFreedom of ReligionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRace, Religion & Ethnicity Choisir l’inclusion et non l’assimilation: Lettre ouverte sur les projets de loi 84 et 94 du Québec Choisir l’inclusion et non l’assimilation Anaïs Bussières McNicoll et Harini Sivalingam 5 mai 2025 La…CCLAMay 5, 2025
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRacial Profiling Leave to Appeal to SCC Granted MONTREAL – Aaden Pearson, Staff Lawyer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association released the following…CCLAMay 2, 2025
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 SivalangamMay 2, 2025