Canadian Civil Liberties Association

• Ontario jail inmate numbers spike in last year, now well over capacity, data shows

  An overwhelming 81 per cent of inmates, according to the Ontario government, are being held awaiting trial and presumptively innocent.

  Canada

  Mar 6
  
• More than 70 per cent of people in jails awaiting bail or trial, report says

  "We need to change the culture of bail court decision making," said Nicole Myers, an associate professor of sociology at Queen's University.

  Canada

  Feb 26
  
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• Civil liberties group files court challenge of ‘harmful’ N.B. gender policy

  The province's Policy 713 says students under 16 must get parental consent before changing their preferred first names or pronouns at school.

  Education

  Sep 8, 2023
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• Quebec judge denies request to appeal decision maintaining school prayer space ban

  The groups had been seeking to have the prayer ban suspended by the Quebec Court of Appeal until their court challenge could be heard in full.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2023
• Quebec school prayer ban: Groups seek permission to appeal court ruling

  In June, a Quebec Superior Court judge refused to suspend the ban, which forbids schools from making any space available on school grounds for students to pray overtly.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2023
• Quebec judge nixes request from Muslim group to suspend ban on school prayer rooms

  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council of Canadian Muslims have argued that the ban was causing irreparable harm to Muslim students.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2023
• Civil liberties, Muslim groups ask Quebec court to suspend ban on school prayer rooms

  Johanna Mortreux, another lawyer for the groups, told the court the ban is violating students' freedom of religion, equality rights and their dignity.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2023
• CCLA demanding Hamilton police suspend drone program citing privacy concerns

  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association insists Hamilton police's drone program could invade people's 'personal space' and 'sense of legitimacy' in large scale demonstrations.

  Crime

  Jun 8, 2023
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• Quebec ban on school prayer rooms faces new legal challenge from muslim, cilvil liberties groups

  The action filed in Quebec Superior Court comes just over a week after several Muslim organizations also announced they were taking province to court over the prayer room ban.

  Education

  May 26, 2023
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• Use of Emergencies Act had no legal justification, civil liberties group tells court

  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association was among the groups and individuals in Federal Court to argue Ottawa lacked sound statutory grounds to invoke the emergency measures.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2023