The Canadian Civil Liberties Association released a French version of the ‘Know Your Rights Guide on Racial Profiling and Police Stops’ on the last day of arguments in a major constitutional case that seeks to overturn a Supreme Court decision from over three decades ago that gave police the power to detain drivers in roving, … Read more
Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, executive director and general counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, made a statement: “Today, former Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly stated that he did not ask the federal government to invoke the national Emergencies Act,” she said. “Blockades on city streets are a policing issue, not a national emergency,” said Mendelsohn … Read more
Abby Deshman, Director of the Criminal Justice program for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, issued a statement: “Today’s comments from the federal government setting out their vision for the emergencies act inquiry fell short. The government’s remarks demonstrate that they are hoping for an inquiry that will look primarily at the actions of the protesters. But … Read more
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and a diverse group of civil society organizations are calling on the federal government’s inquiry into the use of the Emergency Act to have broad terms of reference and to include the power to compel witnesses and the production of documents. “We need broad terms of reference and for the inquiry to truly … Read more
Abby Deshman, Director of Criminal Justice for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, issued a statement: “We welcome the government’s decision to revoke the proclamation of emergency – it is overdue,” she said. “We continue to believe that there was an insufficient legal basis for resort to the Emergencies Act and that the orders the government passed under … Read more
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association announced that it has filed an application for judicial review in federal court requesting an order quashing the Emergency Proclamation and the Emergency Measures Regulations and the Emergency Economic Measures Order. The filing is available online. Call 613-709-6318. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) called on the federal government to revoke the declaration … Read more
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association announced it will pursue litigation to challenge the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act. “We have said all along that the federal government did not meet the high burden necessary to invoke the Emergencies Act,” said Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Executive Director of the CCLA. “We do not want to minimize the impacts … Read more
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association, BC Civil Liberties Association and the John Howard Society of Canada won constitutional challenges against indefinite solitary confinement in decisions by the Ontario and British Columbia courts in late 2017 and early 2018. The groups stated that instead of implementing its election promise to end indefinite solitary confinement in federal … Read more
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, have written to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) and Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) to ask that the federal government “change course” and end the court fight. Two weeks ago, the BC Supreme Court ordered the … Read more
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association said the announcement in Washington, D.C. of a Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness Action Plan amounts to the wholesale replacement of Canadian privacy and security standards with U.S. ones. The association said this deal is nothing less than the integration of Canada within the U.S. security regime without any protections … Read more
