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Protecting the rights and freedoms of everyone in Canada since 1964.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialCCLA is concerned by the federal government's announcement to indefinitely exclude people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness from accessing MAiD. The blanket exclusion is discriminatory and raises serious equality concerns.
Full press release here: ccla.org/press-releas...
@caninternetsociety.bsky.socialReposted by @cancivlib.bsky.socialEarlier this week, TCIS & @internetsociety.org brought experts together to discuss Bill C-22, lawful access, and the risks of weakening encryption.
The conversation has since been covered by @theglobeandmail.com & @betakit.com.
Watch the full event recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4U...
@cancivlib.bsky.socialThe CCLA will appear as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada today in R. v. Chemlal. This appeal concerns the legal threshold police must satisfy to conduct a safety search when someone is not under arrest or detained.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialOn September 11, 2026, the Supreme Court released its decision in R. v. R.B.-C., 2026 SCC 30. The CCLA was an intervenor in the case, which concerned how the right to be tried within a reasonable time under s. 11(b) of the Charter applies to sentencing proceedings.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialToday, on the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, we honour the lives, memories and spirits of those who have been taken from their families and communities. Remembering is not enough. Justice requires action.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialL'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.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialCCLA 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.
@cancivlib.bsky.social"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...
@cancivlib.bsky.socialCorrectional 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.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialToday 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.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialThe 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...
@cancivlib.bsky.socialCCLA 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.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialDocuments d’Élections Québec en français seulement : l’ACLC met en garde contre une érosion du processus démocratique.
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Élections Québec Documents in French only: CCLA Warns Against an Erosion of the Democratic Process
@cancivlib.bsky.socialThe 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.
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@cancivlib.bsky.socialL’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.
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@cancivlib.bsky.socialCCLA 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.
@cancivlib.bsky.socialWatch 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.
