CRIMINAL JUSTICEPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPolice Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityPRESS RELEASES CCLA Intervening Before Ontario Superior Court to Oppose Keeping Officer Names Secret in Police Accountability Cases TORONTO — The CCLA will appear today before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as an…CCLAApril 9, 2024
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status CCLA Deeply Concerned Over City of Kingston Encampment Evictions TORONTO — CCLA is deeply concerned over the City of Kingston’s attempts to enforce a…CCLAApril 5, 2024
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESSocio-Economic Status Ontario Court Finds Provisions of Safe Streets Act Unconstitutional TORONTO — The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has found that the Safe Streets Act violates the Charter freedoms of unhoused people…CCLAApril 2, 2024
Freedom of AssociationFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSPRESS RELEASES Bill 124 confirmed unconstitutional by the Ontario Court of Appeal as regards unionized employees The Protecting a Sustainable Public Service for Future Generations Act, 2019 (Bill 124) limited wage…CCLAMarch 21, 2024
EQUALITYPRESS RELEASESYouth CCLA Granted Leave to Intervene at Supreme Court TORONTO — Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…CCLAMarch 19, 2024
EQUALITYPolice Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityPRESS RELEASESRacial Profiling CCLA Argues Before the Quebec Court of Appeal in Landmark Racial Profiling Case MONTREAL — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association will appear before the Court of Appeal of Quebec…CCLAMarch 5, 2024
Device SearchesPRESS RELEASESPRIVACYPrivacy Law ReformReasonable Expectations of Privacy Supreme Court of Canada rules Police Now Required to Obtain Warrants for IP Address Access Following the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Bykovets, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Executive Director and…CCLAMarch 1, 2024
Bill 21EQUALITYFreedom of ReligionPRESS RELEASES CCLA Reacts to Bill 21 MONTREAL — Today the Court of Appeal has issued a disappointing decision rejecting the constitutional challenge…CCLAFebruary 29, 2024
Freedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSInternet Privacy and SpeechPRESS RELEASESRegulation of Online Expression CCLA Urges Substantial Amendments to the Online Harms Act TORONTO — Following the Government of Canada’s reintroduction of the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63), Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Executive…CCLAFebruary 28, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA releases major report on bail system in Canada CCLA is releasing its latest report on the bail system in Canada today, Still Failing:…CCLAFebruary 26, 2024