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
CTV News: More than 80% of inmates in Ontario jails last year were legally innocent, awaiting trial: data https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/vast-majority-of-people-in-ontario-jails-last-year-had-not-been-found-guilty-of-an-offence-data-1.6747988
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Commends Senate for Passing Bill C-48 Amendments, Urges House of Commons Support TORONTO — Following the Senate’s passage of Bill C-48 on bail reform, Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal…CCLANovember 29, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Proposed Amendment to Bill C-48 Adopted by Senate Committee TORONTO — Following the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs’ adoption of amendments to Bill…CCLAOctober 18, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Remarks to Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs – Bill C-48 (restricting bail) On October 4, 2023, Shakir Rahim (Director of the Criminal Justice Program) testified before the…Shakir RahimOctober 6, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Proposes Key Amendment on Bill C-48 TORONTO — In advance of his testimony before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Shakir…CCLAOctober 4, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Urges Senate to Exercise Sober Second Thought on Bill C-48 Restricting Bail TORONTO — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association delivered its submission to the Senate Committee on Legal…CCLASeptember 28, 2023
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPRESS RELEASESRight to Reasonable Bail CCLA Alarmed that House of Commons Will Not Hold Committee Hearings on Bill C-48 TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA),…CCLASeptember 19, 2023
Newstalk 1010: Ontario police groups, legal advocates call for different approaches to proposed bail reform https://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010/news/ontario-police-groups-legal-advocates-call-for-different-approaches-to-proposed-bail-reform-1.20071501?mode=Article
The Hill Times: National Police Federation, police chiefs association favour bail reform bill, but advocacy groups wary of bail denial as ‘red herring’ https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/07/24/national-police-federation-police-chief-association-favour-bail-reform-legislation-but-advocacy-groups-wary-of-bail-denial-as-red-herring/393255/