CRIMINAL JUSTICEFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSMAJOR CASES & REPORTS The PMO has Discovered the Presumption of Innocence SNC-Gate might be the way the Kremlin works, wherein Putin officials manipulate the justice system…Michael BryantFebruary 7, 2019
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Being in a wheelchair is no reason for being held in solitary Gregory Allen was placed in solitary confinement because he is in a wheelchair. He was held in…Noa Mendelsohn AvivFebruary 7, 2019
Community SupervisionConstitutional RemediesCRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencing CCLA at the Supreme Court: Does a Charter violation require a remedy? Mr. Bird doing too much bird is the issue before the Supreme Court of Canada…Michael BryantFebruary 6, 2019
CRIMINAL JUSTICEFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingSentencing BC Court of Appeal Strikes Down Another Mandatory Minimum Sentence Just two months after declaring the mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography unconstitutional…Guest AuthorJanuary 23, 2019
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionYouth CCLA Wins Important Battle Against Feds On Solitary Confinement The feds were scolded today by the Chief Justice of Ontario and its highest court,…CCLADecember 17, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksEQUALITYSentencingSocio-Economic Status WHAMMY! Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Canada’s Ugliest Populist Criminal Law It’s not everyday that civil libertarians hit a home run in the Supreme Court of…Michael BryantDecember 14, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record Checks Blowing the Whistle on Saskatoon’s Proposed Rules for Rideshares and Taxis This morning we wrote to Saskatoon’s Mayor and City Council to share our concerns about…CCLADecember 14, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksMAJOR CASES & REPORTS New Act Protects Ontarians From Release Of Unproven Allegations Across the country, Canadians who have never been found guilty of a crime are unable to…CCLADecember 13, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDecriminalization Police and Pot: Let Them Smoke, Vape, and – Yes – Eat Cake (or Brownies!) Too Police leaders are violating the civil liberties of their own ranks and perpetuating a culture…Abby DeshmanDecember 7, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksMAJOR CASES & REPORTS Ontario Leads The Way On Police Record Checks Reform On November 1, 2018, the Police Records Checks Reform Act (PRCRA) comes into force.CCLANovember 1, 2018