Face SurveillancePRESS RELEASESSurveillance & Privacy CCLA reacts to OIPC (BC) Announcement on Liberal Party of Canada’s Use of FRT TORONTO —Tashi Alford-Duguid, Staff lawyer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) made the following…CCLAApril 26, 2023
Freedom of ReligionPRESS RELEASESRace, Religion & Ethnicity CCLA Reacts to Quebec Directive on Prayer Spaces in Public Schools TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Lawyer and Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil…CCLAApril 24, 2023
Freedom of AssociationFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA Fighting to Protect Freedom of Association for All Workers at the Supreme Court of Canada The CCLA is intervening before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case that will…Cara ZwibelApril 12, 2023
Access to InformationDemocratic RightsFreedom of ExpressionFreedom of the PressFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS CCLA Fighting for Transparency and Openness before the Supreme Court The CCLA is intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ontario v. Information and…Cara ZwibelApril 12, 2023
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRacial ProfilingUnreasonable Search & Seizure CCLA Reacts to R v McColman Decision OTTAWA — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…CCLAMarch 27, 2023
Freedom of ExpressionFreedom of the PressFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSRegulation of Online Expression CCLA speaks out on guiding principles for Canada’s upcoming online safety proposal CCLA has joined with 12 other civil society organizations to release a joint statement addressed…Cara ZwibelMarch 21, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPolice Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityRace, Religion & Ethnicity Court agrees with CCLA that police background checks require oversight On February 27, 2023, the Divisional Court in Ontario released its decision in Khorsand v.…CCLAMarch 9, 2023
Democratic RightsFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolitical AdvertisingPRESS RELEASES CCLA Reacts to Working Families Decision OTTAWA — Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), reacted to…CCLAMarch 6, 2023
CBC: Court delays not just a New Brunswick problem: civil liberties lawyer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/case-thrown-nb-follow-delays-1.6764066