The impacts of an interaction with the criminal justice system are rarely confined to the criminal justice process. An increasing number of employers, volunteer organizations, and service providers are asking individuals to undergo a criminal record check, creating significant barriers to employment, housing, education, and other forms of meaningful community engagement. In some parts of Canada, a single interaction with police during a mental health crisis is sufficient for a person to have a ‘police record’ that can then be disclosed to their child’s school or their employer. You can read more about our past work on non-conviction police records, and the damage caused by disclosing this information, at www.ccla.org/recordchecks.
Working to confront the collateral harm caused by the criminal justice system.
Our Work in Criminal Records and Collateral Consequences
CCLA Files Submission on Quebec’s Bill 13
CCLA Files Submission on Quebec’s Bill 13
Supreme Court Affirms State Can Face Damages for Passing Legislation that Violates Charter
Supreme Court Affirms State Can Face Damages for Passing Legislation that Violates Charter
CCLA intervening in major case on police background checks at Court of Appeal for Ontario
CCLA intervening in major case on police background checks at Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court agrees with CCLA that police background checks require oversight
Court agrees with CCLA that police background checks require oversight
A Victory at the Supreme Court for Evidence-Based Criminal Law
A Victory at the Supreme Court for Evidence-Based Criminal Law
Quebec Organizations Join the Call for Federal Criminal Record Reform
Quebec Organizations Join the Call for Federal Criminal Record Reform
Standing up for informational privacy and evidence-based criminal law
Standing up for informational privacy and evidence-based criminal law
CCLA joins over 60 civil society organizations to call for criminal record reform
CCLA joins over 60 civil society organizations to call for criminal record reform
CCLA to Appear Before Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in Police Background Checks Case
CCLA to Appear Before Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in Police Background Checks Case
CCLA Criminal Record Survey
CCLA Criminal Record Survey
A Victory for Justice and Equality: SCC Finds Ontario Law Discriminates Based on Mental Disability
A Victory for Justice and Equality: SCC Finds Ontario Law Discriminates Based on Mental Disability
WHAMMY! Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Canada’s Ugliest Populist Criminal Law
WHAMMY! Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Canada’s Ugliest Populist Criminal Law
Blowing the Whistle on Saskatoon’s Proposed Rules for Rideshares and Taxis
Blowing the Whistle on Saskatoon’s Proposed Rules for Rideshares and Taxis
New Act Protects Ontarians From Release Of Unproven Allegations
New Act Protects Ontarians From Release Of Unproven Allegations
Ontario Leads The Way On Police Record Checks Reform
Ontario Leads The Way On Police Record Checks Reform
What You Need To Know About The New Police Record Checks Reform Act
What You Need To Know About The New Police Record Checks Reform Act
When a Criminal Record Becomes a Life Sentence: John Howard Society of Ontario
