Canadian Civil Liberties Association
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Quebec’s top court begins hearing appeals on secularism law known as Bill 21The law prohibits public sector workers who are deemed to be in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols such as hijabs, kippas or turbans at work.CanadaNov 7
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Can anyone block Ontario legislation designed to impose a contract on education workers?The proposed law plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield the government from tribunals and courts, while the federal government has voiced its displeasure.EducationNov 3
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N.S. Court of Appeal rules injunction on COVID protest shouldn’t have been grantedThe original court order was granted by the provincial Supreme Court on May 14, 2021, the day before outdoor gatherings were planned to protest COVID-19 public health restrictions.CanadaOct 26
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Rights group wants other provinces to end random police stops banned by Quebec judgeJustice Michel Yergeau ruled Tuesday that random police stops are unconstitutional In Quebec the grounds that they allow racial profiling, particularly of Black motorists.CanadaOct 26
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Judge in Quebec racial profiling case orders end to random traffic stops by policeThe challenge heard this year was brought by Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Black Montreal resident who said he had been stopped by police nearly a dozen times without reason.CanadaOct 25
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RCMP’s use of spyware not known until media reports, privacy commissioner testifiesThe Canadian Civil Liberties Association has called for a discussion of the legal safeguards needed around the use of this technology.CanadaAug 7
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Quebec government lawyer defends police power to randomly stop vehiclesA Quebec government lawyer says that the province is concerned about racial profiling and that the problem is an issue of police officers acting improperly.CanadaJul 6
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Racial-profiling trial begins into power of Quebec police to make random car stopsLawyers for Luamba and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association argued that the power of police to randomly stop drivers is unconstitutional and enables racial profiling.CanadaMay 30
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association challenging Nova Scotia COVID-19 protest banA Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge refused to hear the Canadian Civil Liberties Association's challenge to the injunction in June 2021.CanadaApr 11
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CCLA warns normalizing emergency legislation threatens democracy, civil libertiesThe Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it does not believe the "high and clear" threshold needed to invoke the act has been met.CanadaFeb 15
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