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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
L'ACLC a corédigé une déclaration dénonçant l'instrumentalisation de la laïcité par le gouvernement sortant. Les signataires demandent aux chef·fes de tous les partis politiques d'abroger les lois 21, 94 et 9. framaforms.org/declaration-...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CCLA has co-authored a statement denouncing the outgoing government's instrumentalisation of secularism. The signatories are calling on the leaders of all political parties to repeal Bills 21, 94 and 9. It is not too late to sign the statement. framaforms.org/declaration-...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Open-ended executive powers are antithetical to a functioning democracy," says CCLA's Executive Director, Howard Sapers, on Bill C-39. Read our full statement here: ccla.org/press-releas...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Correctional Services Canada has restricted access to key medications for people in federal prisons who have mental health conditions. Read the joint civil society letter the CCLA has co-signed, calling for these restrictions to be reversed. acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today is International Equal Pay Day — but "equal pay" isn't equal for everyone. At CCLA, we believe closing these gaps requires more than good intentions — it requires enforceable pay transparency laws, stronger human rights protections, and accountability for employers.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The CCLA is deeply concerned by the Nova Scotia government’s recent changes to social assistance regulations that exclude people living in encampments from receiving enhanced social assistance and disability supplement benefits. Read our press release here: ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Slams Nova Scotia Government for Excluding People Living in Encampments from Disability Benefits - CCLA
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CCLA and fellow INCLO members urged the EU and Hague Group to act on new US sanctions against ICC judges—pushing back on Rome Statute withdrawals, activating blocking laws, protecting banking access, and condemning sanctions on civil society groups working with the Court. inclo.net/latest/state...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Documents d’Élections Québec en français seulement : l’ACLC met en garde contre une érosion du processus démocratique. *** Élections Québec Documents in French only: CCLA Warns Against an Erosion of the Democratic Process ccla.org/fr/communiqu...
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Documents d’Élections Québec en français seulement : l’ACLC met en garde contre une érosion du processus démocratique - CCLA
Pour la première fois à l’occasion d’élections générales, Élections Québec enverra aux électeurs des documents d’information électorale uniquement en français. Ce changement est imposé à Élections Qué...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The CLA and CCLA welcome the injunction to the mandatory cash bail provisions ordered today by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Until a final judgment is rendered in this case, the cash bail provisions will not be in effect. The injunction can be read here. ccla.org/wp-content/u...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
L’ACLC vient d’identifier cinq priorité urgentes en matière de droits de la personne au sujet desquelles le prochain gouvernement québécois doit se prononcer. Lisez notre lettre aux chef.fes de partis politiques ici. ccla.org/wp-content/u...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
CCLA just identified five urgent human rights priorities on which the next Quebec government must take a stand. Read our letter to Quebec’s party leaders here: ccla.org/wp-content/u...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The CCLA and CLA's factum in our joint constitutional challenge to the cash bail provisions in Ontario's Bill 75 can be read here: ccla.org/wp-content/u... The challenge will be argued before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice at 361 University Ave. in Toronto on Thursday, August 27 at 10 AM.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
CCLA is calling on York Region to establish an independent external review of the July 30, 2026, use-of-force incident involving a young Black man with a cognitive disability at the Newmarket Bus Terminal. You can read the letter we sent here. ccla.org/equality/cal...
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Call for Independent Review and Civilian Oversight of York Region Transit Special Constables - CCLA
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
CCLA has filed a Notice of Application today with the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench alleging that the underfunding of criminal legal aid by the Governments of Manitoba and Canada violates the Charter. This is the first challenge of its kind in Canada. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Launches Charter Challenge to Underfunding of Criminal Legal Aid in Manitoba - CCLA
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CCLA has sent a letter to Ontario’s Big City Mayors in response to their “Reaction to Recovery” campaign, calling for urgent provincial action on mental health, drug toxicity and homelessness. ccla.org/equality/ccl...
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CCLA Sends Letter to Ontario’s Big City Mayors Urging a Rights-Based Response to Mental Health, Substance Use and Homelessness - CCLA
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Criminal Lawyers’ Association (CLA) and Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) have launched a Constitutional challenge before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against the introduction of mandatory cash bail by the province. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA and CLA File Constitutional Challenge Against Cash Bail in Ontario - CCLA
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
CCLA is questioning the Ontario government’s motives for introducing regulations that would exclude people—including people with disabilities—from eligibility for essential social assistance benefits. Read more here. ccla.org/equality/ccl...
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CCLA Questions Exclusion of Social Benefits Based on Immigration Status - CCLA
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Criminal Lawyers’ Association will launch an urgent constitutional challenge next week against the introduction of mandatory cash bail by the province on August 17. Read the press release here. ccla.org/take-action/...
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CLA and CCLA to Challenge Unconstitutional Cash Bail in Ontario - CCLA
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
No government should be able to grant itself immunity for intentional wrongdoing. Government accountability and respect for the rule of law are essential to a functioning democracy. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Files Factum Urging the Supreme Court of Canada to Preserve Government Accountability and the Rule of Law - CCLA
No government should be able to grant itself immunity for intentional wrongdoing. Government accountability and respect for the rule of law are essential to a functioning democracy.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
On June 26, 2026, the Supreme Court released its judgment in EPS v. McKee, 2026 SCC 24. The CCLA was an intervener in the case. McKee concerned what information about police misconduct by officers involved in a case must be shared with an accused person before their trial. ccla.org/criminal-jus...
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Supreme Court Affirms Robust Duty to Disclose Police Misconduct Information in McKee - CCLA
While federal political parties resist any form of privacy protection, a new poll finds Canadians do not trust them to protect their data.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Parliament crossed a constitutional red line with Bill C-16, seeking to overrule the Supreme Court on the remedy for a violation of the Charter right to be tried within a reasonable time. Read more here. ccla.org/criminal-jus...
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CCLA Testifies before Senate on Bill C-16 - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed its intervention factum in Saskatchewan v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity – the first Supreme Court of Canada case to dire...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
More than 60 civil liberties, human rights, faith based and community organizations just released a statement denouncing the adoption of Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Joins Civil Society’s Statement Denouncing the Adoption of Bill C-9 - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed its intervention factum in Saskatchewan v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity – the first Supreme Court of Canada case to dire...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
CCLA joined over 35 leading groups and experts today in calling the government out for failing to apply privacy rules to federal political parties. The risks are real - just last month, a political party-enabled data breach exposed personal information of 2.9 million Albertans. Read the letter:
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Civil Society calls on Federal Political Leaders to Bring their Parties Under Privacy Law - CCLA
More than thirty-five organizations, experts, and civil society groups are calling on Canada’s federal leaders to close a major gap in privacy protection by bringing federal political parties under Ca...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Today, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Ligue des droits et libertés are joining forces to call for a public inquiry into police racism within the SPVM and an end to street checks.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Aujourd'hui, l'ACLC et la Ligue des droits et libertés s'unissent pour réclamer une commission d'enquête publique sur le racisme policier au sein du SPVM et la fin des interpellations policières.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
On Wednesday, the federal government introduced Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, with the stated goal of making the online activities of Canadians safer. However, the bill raises significant civil liberties concerns. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA warns against risks to freedom of expression and privacy posed by Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act - CCLA
Open-ended powers and social media ban for children under 16 in Bill C-34, the Social Media Safety Act, threaten civil liberties.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
CCLA has filed its intervention factum in Saskatchewan v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity – the first Supreme Court of Canada case to directly address anti-trans legislation in Canada’s history. Read more here. ccla.org/equality/ccl...
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CCLA Intervenes at the Supreme Court in Canada's First Anti-Trans Legislation Case - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed its intervention factum in Saskatchewan v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity – the first Supreme Court of Canada case to dire...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Open-ended obligations, sweeping regulatory powers and a looming social media ban for children under 16 in Bill C-34, the Social Media Safety Act, threaten civil liberties. Read more: ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA warns against risks to freedom of expression and privacy posed by Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act - CCLA
Open-ended powers and social media ban for children under 16 in Bill C-34, the Social Media Safety Act, threaten civil liberties.
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 10/06/2026
84% of Albertans want political parties held to the same privacy laws as businesses and public bodies—but parties are fighting to keep their exemption! Sign the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #cdnpoli @bcfipa.bsky.social @cancivlib.bsky.social
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
CCLA will be intervening in the case of Irvine et al v University of British Columbia to support that universities remain spaces where critical thinking, respect for diverse perspectives, and robust public debate can continue to flourish. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Intervening in UBC Case to Defend Inclusive and Rights-Respecting University Policies - CCLA
While federal political parties resist any form of privacy protection, a new poll finds Canadians do not trust them to protect their data.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
CCLA joins other members of the NEC in calling on the Government of Canada to strengthen the newly established Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion by ensuring meaningful Black representation and explicitly recognizing anti-Black racism within its mandate. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Endorses Calls for Black Representation and Explicit Recognition of Anti-Black Racism on New Advisory Council - CCLA
While federal political parties resist any form of privacy protection, a new poll finds Canadians do not trust them to protect their data.
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Here's the analysis again, this time on @cancivlib.bsky.social's website (cc @digitalprivacy.ca): ccla.org/privacy/ccla... (Full PDF: citizenlab.ca/wp-content/u...) </🧵> #c22 #billC22
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CCLA and Citizen Lab researchers release detailed analysis of Bill C-22's many flaws - CCLA
A comprehensive analysis released by CCLA and Citizen Lab outlines deep flaws in the government's surveillance proposal, Bill C-22.
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New joint publication by @citizenlab.ca + @cancivlib.bsky.social! In which @kate-ro.bsky.social & I join forces w/ Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca to explain the federal govt's many... "(Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access" 🧵1/x
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The Citizen Lab (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access -
This submission analyzes Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. Issues include: the bill’s sweeping scope, significant constitutional...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
June is the start of Pride season across Canada! The CCLA celebrates the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across Canada whose legacy of activism, courage, and resilience has shaped what equality looks like in this country.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
CCLA welcomes the Ontario Superior Court of Justice landmark decision affirming that unhoused people are entitled to full constitutional protection under the Charter and that governments must apply a human rights-based approach in responding to homeless encampments. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Welcomes Historic Waterloo Court Decision Vindicating Rights of Unhoused People - CCLA
While federal political parties resist any form of privacy protection, a new poll finds Canadians do not trust them to protect their data.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Yesterday, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of our Fundamental Freedoms program, testified on Bill C-9 before the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights. Watch the video here. youtu.be/4T_-wDdsgbM
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CCLA Testifies on Bill C-9 Before the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
CCLA will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada today in R. v. Walker. This appeal is about the powers that police can use under the Criminal Code when enforcing a provincial or municipal law.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 11/05/2026
Canada’s C-22 bill is a surveillance overreach that paves the way to backdoor encrypted communications of users around the world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Canada’s Bill C-22 Is a Repackaged Version of Last Year’s
Last year, the Canadian government pushed Bill C-2, which would erode Canadian digital rights in the name of “border security.” The bill was so bad it didn’t even make it to committee because of the
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
On April 22, 2026, Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program, testified on Bill C-14 restricting bail before the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6y5... The CCLA’s brief can be read here: tinyurl.com/3439atmc.
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CCLA Remarks before Senate LCJC on Bill C 14
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association congratulates Justice Louise Arbour on her appointment as Canada’s next Governor-General! Read the full story here. ccla.org/criminal-jus...
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CCLA Congratulates Justice Louise Arbour on Her Appointment as Canada’s Next Governor-General - CCLA
While federal political parties resist any form of privacy protection, a new poll finds Canadians do not trust them to protect their data.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
CCLA expressed profound disappointment and alarm following the Ontario government’s decision to proceed with regulations granting transit enforcement agents sweeping police-equivalent powers. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Condemns Ontario's Expansion of Arrest Powers to Transit Special Constables - CCLA
While federal political parties resist any form of privacy protection, a new poll finds Canadians do not trust them to protect their data.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today, on the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirt, trans and gender diverse people (MMIWG2S), CCLA joins in remembrance of those who have been lost, and in solidarity with the families, survivors, and communities who continue to seek justice.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
CCLA has been granted leave to intervene in Saskatchewan (Minister of Education) v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, a landmark case before the Supreme Court of Canada. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Granted Leave to Intervene in Saskatchewan's Pronoun Law and the Notwithstanding Clause at the Supreme Court - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has been granted leave to intervene in Saskatchewan (Minister of Education) v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, a landmark case befor...
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The Ontario government has pushed Bill 97 into law, avoiding legislative scrutiny of an initiative that will undermine government transparency while also shielding the government’s privacy practices from public and regulatory scrutiny. ccla.org/fundamental-...
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Ontario pushes Bill 97 into law, dodging legislative scrutiny - CCLA
CCLA is deeply concerned that Ontario has pushed Bill 97, which undermines public transparency and privacy, into law by bypassing legislative scrutiny.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Today marks one month since the historic Bill 21 case began at the Supreme Court. Though the case has concluded, our advocacy has not. Chair of CCLA’s Board of Directors, Dr. Simron Singh (he/him), speaks to why organizations like CCLA are needed now more than ever. youtube.com/shorts/5k0tr...
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One Month Since Bill 21 at the Supreme Court / Un Mois Depuis la Loi 21 à la Cour Suprême
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
CCLA and a broad coalition of groups call on all members of Parliament to scrap Bill C-22’s unprecedented and unjustified expansion of surveillance. ccla.org/privacy/coal...
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CCLA and Coalition to MPs: Scrap Unprecedented Surveillance Measures in Bill C-22 - CCLA
CCLA joins coalition in calling on all MPs to scrap Bill C-22's unprecedented and unjustified expansion of surveillance.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
CCLA is sounding the alarm over the politicization of Alberta’s electoral map. Read more here. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Sounds the Alarm Over the Politicization of Alberta’s Electoral Map - CCLA
With Bill C-25, the government once again fails to protect privacy in federal political campaigning, leaving voters in Canada unprotected.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
CCLA is appearing in court today as an intervenor to defend the rights of unhoused people living in encampments in Waterloo, Ontario. Read more here. ccla.org/press-releas...
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CCLA Intervenes in Waterloo Encampment Case to Defend Rights of Unhoused Residents - CCLA
With Bill C-25, the government once again fails to protect privacy in federal political campaigning, leaving voters in Canada unprotected.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Today on Charter Day, we celebrate the enduring promise of rights and freedoms in Canada. The Charter is more than a document—it’s a living commitment to dignity, equality, and justice for everyone. At CCLA, we continue to defend these rights, especially when they are at risk.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
CCLA joins more than 130 diverse civil society leaders in calling on the B.C. government to halt proposed changes that would suspend key rights and protections under B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). Read more here. www.wcel.org/declarationact
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