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...

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...

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:

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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-...

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...

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...

CCLA is sounding the alarm over the politicization of Alberta’s electoral map. Read more here. ccla.org/press-releas...

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...

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.

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

In a new op-ed in the Calgary Herald, CCLA Executive Director Howard Sapers argues that Alberta’s Bill 25 risks narrowing the space for open inquiry and critical thinking in classrooms. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

The passage of Bill 9 is another example of the Quebec government’s ongoing attack on freedom of religion, freedom of expression, protest rights, and equality. Read more here. ccla.org/press-releas...

Bill 97 will carve out broad categories of records from Ontario’s right to information regime and insulate the government’s personal data handling from oversight, undermining privacy and public accountability. Read more: ccla.org/fundamental-...

Alberta’s new education bill entrenches censorship under the guise of neutrality, by restricting expression and centralizing decision-making power over what can be taught and discussed in schools. ccla.org/press-releas...

CCLA joined over 250 civil society organizations denouncing Ontario’s decision to defund the only remaining supervised consumption sites in a joint open letter to the Ontario government. Read more here. ccla.org/press-releas...

CCLA warned the University of Alberta about the dangers of dropping EDI considerations from recruitment and hiring policy. Instead of reconsidering or providing a strong defence for the policy change, they have gone ahead with this ill-advised and rights-cancelling move. ccla.org/press-releas...

A broad coalition of organizations, including CCLA, has denounced the passing of Bill C-12, which became law yesterday. This legislation marks a serious attack on refugee and migrant rights in Canada and has been criticized by the UN Human Rights Committee. ccla.org/press-releas...

New rules announced by the International Olympic Committee risk undermining the principle that sport is a human right. Policies that exclude athletes and authorize invasive testing have no place in a rights-respecting sporting system. ccla.org/press-releas...

Today marked the conclusion of a four-day hearing—one of the longest in the history of the Supreme Court of Canada—on Quebec’s Bill 21. Read more here. ccla.org/press-releas...

In this final video in our Bill 21 series, Mohamad Fahik (he/him) a Member of CCLA’s Board highlights why public engagement on these issues is so vital and ways you can take action if you’re concerned about the harms caused by Bill 21. youtube.com/shorts/NygFA...

CCLA has deep concerns with the Government of Alberta’s proposed Bill 18, which would significantly restrict access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) and undermine constitutionally protected rights. Read more here. ccla.org/press-releas...

CCLA Condemns Premier’s Challenge to Judicial Independence in Zameer Case

CCLA endorses the public policy recommendations in the ground-breaking report Unlawful Enforcers, concerning violations of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by major city police services in Ontario. Read more, and see the report, here. law.uwo.ca/research/res...

Le Devoir just published an op-ed by our Director of Fundamental Freedoms, Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, about our Bill 21 challenge at the Supreme Court of Canada. You can find a link to the op-ed here (French-only): www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

La semaine prochaine, l'ACLC sera devant la Cour suprême du Canada contre la Loi 21 du Québec. Vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur ce débat historique? L'ACLC a préparé cette fiche d'information.

Next week, CCLA is at the Supreme Court of Canada to continue our challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21. Want to know more about the issue? CCLA has put together this helpful fact sheet.

Next week, we’re at the Supreme Court of Canada to continue our legal challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21. In this third video in our Bill 21 series, we examine the Quebec government’s use of the notwithstanding clauses to override fundamental rights and freedoms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECPF...

Watch the testimony of Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of our Fundamental Freedoms Program, at the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance as she highlights the deeply concerning new exemption powers introduced by Bill C-15. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luz3...

The government is pushing Bill C-9 through. This should alarm every Canadian who cares about democratic practice and free expression.

CCLA sent a letter to the Ontario Attorney General raising concerns about democratic accountability amid the growing number of locally elected school boards being placed under ministerial supervision. You can learn more and read the letter here. ccla.org/press-releas...