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Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES Right to Protest

CCLA Reacts to the Premier Announcing that Ontario Is Seeking an Injunction to Stop the Annual Al Quds Rally

On March 13, 2026, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program at the…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollMarch 13, 2026

Democratic Rights FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES

CCLA at the Senate Committee to Sound the Alarm about Bill C-15’s Anti-Democratic Exemption Powers

Watch the testimony of Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of our Fundamental Freedoms Program, at the…

CCLAMarch 12, 2026

Criminal Prohibitions on Speech FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS PRESS RELEASES Regulation of Online Expression

Bill C-9 Was Supposed to Fight Hate. Instead, It’s Being Rushed Through Parliament and Threatens the Rights of Every Canadian

MONTREAL — Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program, made the following statement after…

CCLAMarch 12, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Youth

CCLA and Other Civil Society Groups Call on Ontario Government to Return to Democratic Governance of School Boards

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) released the following letter to the Ontario Attorney General…

CCLAMarch 11, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS RELEASES Right to Reasonable Bail

CCLA Calls on Senate to Scrutinize Bill C-14 on Bail Reform

The Senate of Canada will consider Bill C-14, sweeping criminal justice legislation on bail and…

CCLAMarch 9, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Race, Religion & Ethnicity Refugees & Immigration Women

Supreme Court Affirms Substantive and Intersectional Equality in Kanyinda Decision

Toronto – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) welcomes the decision by the Supreme Court…

CCLAMarch 9, 2026

Political Advertising PRIVACY Privacy Law Reform

Senate resists political campaigning privacy exemption by amending Bill C-4

A controversial legislative proposal (housed in Part 4 of Bill C-4) that threatens voters’ privacy…

TamirFebruary 27, 2026

EQUALITY PRESS RELEASES Socio-Economic Status

CCLA Opposes Expansion of Arrest Powers to Transit Special Constables Under Public Substance Use Law

Toronto — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed submissions to the Ontario Ministry of the…

CCLAFebruary 27, 2026

EQUALITY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Notwithstanding Clause

Bill 21 @ SCC: Join Us for Two Webinars

CCLA is organizing two webinars in March to discuss its challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollFebruary 26, 2026

Freedom of Expression FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS Right to Protest

Bill 13: CCLA, LDL and 220 Groups Sound the Alarm about New Limits on Protests in Quebec

On February 23rd, 2026, La Presse published an op-ed co-authored by CCLA and the Ligue…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollFebruary 23, 2026

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