CRIMINAL JUSTICEPRIVACYSearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure CCLA Intervening at SCC to Protect People’s Privacy Rights from Police Overreach The “implied licence to knock” doctrine enables police to approach a private property to communicate…Anaïs Bussières McNicollDecember 19, 2024
PIPEDAPRIVACYPrivacy Law Reform CCLA’s Submission on Bill C-65: Federal Political Parties Should Be Required to Respect People’s Privacy Federal political parties, like everyone else in Canada, should respect people’s privacy rights. Unfortunately, Bill…Anaïs Bussières McNicollDecember 17, 2024
Criminal Prohibitions on SpeechFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRIVACYRegulation of Online ExpressionSocial MediaSurveillance & Technology Online Harms: CCLA Testifies on Bill C-63 Before Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights While legislation aimed at protecting against the harms of online discourse serves an important purpose,…Anaïs Bussières McNicollDecember 17, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEEQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPolice Transparency, Oversight & Accountability CCLA Urges Montreal to End Street Checks CCLA wrote to the City of Montreal to urge them to end street checks in…CCLADecember 13, 2024
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+ CCLA Submissions to Standing Committee on Status of Women’s study on Hate Motivated Violence Directed at 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities The Canadian Civil Liberties Association made the following submissions to Standing Committee on Status of…CCLADecember 13, 2024
EQUALITYNotwithstanding ClauseSocio-Economic Status CCLA Expresses Concerns Over Proposed Laws To Criminalize Unhoused People Living in Encampments TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLADecember 12, 2024
EQUALITYFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSNotwithstanding ClausePRESS RELEASES CCLA Reacts to the Ontario Premier’s Letter Foreshadowing Future Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Override Court Decisions TORONTO — CCLA is relieved that the Ontario government does not intend on using the…CCLADecember 5, 2024
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESRace, Religion & EthnicityRacial Profiling CCLA Ready to Defend Landmark Racial Profiling Decision MONTREAL — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association…CCLADecember 5, 2024
Freedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASESRegulation of Online Expression CCLA Welcomes Federal Justice Minister’s Decision to Split Bill C-63 Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has sent a letter to Brampton’s Mayor and City Councillors…CCLADecember 5, 2024
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+PRESS RELEASES CCLA Condemns Passage of Anti-Trans Laws in Alberta TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…CCLADecember 4, 2024