CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Alarmed that House of Commons Will Not Hold Committee Hearings on Bill C-48 TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…CCLASeptember 19, 2023
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Policy 713PRESS RELEASESYouth CCLA Reacts to New Brunswick Premier FREDERICTON — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…CCLASeptember 19, 2023
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASESYouth CCLA Granted Intervenor Status in Saskatchewan TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has been granted leave to intervene in UR Pride…CCLASeptember 19, 2023
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Policy 713PRESS RELEASESYouth CCLA Files Suit Against New Brunswick Government on Policy 713 FREDERICTON — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has commenced a legal challenge to the Minister of…CCLASeptember 11, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRESS RELEASESStrip Searches CCLA Calls for Immediate Reforms to Prison Strip Searches in Ontario, Implementation of Body Scanners as Alternative TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) is demanding the Government of Ontario fix significant…CCLAAugust 28, 2023
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Policy 713PRESS RELEASESYouth CCLA reacts to latest revisions to New Brunswick Policy 713 TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Lawyer and Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties…CCLAAugust 24, 2023
Freedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASESRegulation of Online Expression CCLA Reacts to Peterson Decision TORONTO — Noa Mendelsoh Aviv, Executive Director and General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties…CCLAAugust 23, 2023
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASESYouth CCLA: SK Policy Violates Rights of Students TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLAAugust 22, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial RightsFair Trial, Due Process & Sentencing Supreme Court clarifies role of court-appointed lawyers (amicus) for unrepresented accused persons On July 28, 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R. v.…Shakir RahimAugust 17, 2023
COVID-19FRONT BURNER ISSUESMobility Decision in Taylor v. Newfoundland Case On May 11, 2020, CCLA sent a letter to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador…Tashi Alford-DuguidAugust 17, 2023