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Freedom of Association FUNDAMENTAL 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 Information Democratic Rights Freedom of Expression Freedom of the Press FUNDAMENTAL 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

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Racial Profiling Unreasonable 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 Expression Freedom of the Press FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Regulation 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 JUSTICE Criminal Records & Collateral Consequences Criminal Records & Police Record Checks Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability Police Transparency, Oversight & Accountability Race, 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 Rights FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Political Advertising PRESS 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

The Agenda: Is Ontario’s Police Watchdog Effective?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpcIBYBkdKg

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

Freedom of Expression Freedom of the Press FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

Read our op-ed inspired by Freedom to Read Week by Cara Zwibel, Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program

Last Spring Sotheby’s auction house sold off a copy of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale…

Cara ZwibelFebruary 24, 2023

Deescalation & Use of Force Police Powers, Use of Force & Police Accountability

Police-involved deaths on the rise across Canada

CCLA welcomes the launch of a publicly accessible online database tracking police-involved deaths across Canada.…

Brenda McPhailFebruary 23, 2023

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