Canadian Civil Liberties Association
How to secure your phone when crossing the border
Border agents are seizing travellers’ phones and asking for their passwords. Here’s how to protect yourself.
'Predictive Policing' Is Coming to Canada's Capital, and Privacy Advocates Are Worried
Officers now have access to social media posts and other information directly in patrol car computers. Activists say it could discourage legitimate protests.
Cops don't need a warrant to swab a rape suspect's penis for DNA, Canada's top court says
The ruling that revolves around an Alberta sex assault case is troubling for civil liberties advocates, who say it will infringe on the privacy rights of Canadians.
A Canadian City Might Fine Students for Gossiping and Name-Calling
Saskatoon is considering a bylaw that would punish shunning, ostracizing, gossiping, taunting, tormenting, name calling, ridiculing, insulting, and mocking. Some are worried about that.
Canadian Librarians Must Be Ready to Fight the Feds on Running a Tor Node
"I would like to see them try."
As Canadian Police Demand Journalists' Material, the Law Offers Limited Protection
More than five years after a landmark case decided that Canadian journalists have no blanket protections from having police seize their notes, little movement has been made on press freedom.
The Toronto Police Commander Who Detained G20 Protesters in 2010 Has Been Found Guilty of Unlawful Arrests
Superintendent Mark Fenton took the fall for using a controversial "kettling" tactic, but many think accountability needs to go higher up the chain of command.
Civil Liberties and Media Advocates Have Filed A Legal Challenge to Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Law
The organizations are asking that the court declare five sections of the bill as overly broad, vague, and inherently incompatible with Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
A Canadian Court Gave Itself the Authority to Block Google Results Worldwide
The ruling "will inevitably be used in a range of other contexts."
Canada’s Supreme Court Shoots Down Harper’s Minimum Sentences for Firearm Offences
Another big legal loss for the Harper government's tough-on-crime agenda.
The Harper Government Has Killed Changes to its Anti-Terror Bill; Critics Are Still Alarmed
After adopting a few of its own tweaks, but rejecting every other proposed change, the Conservatives are set to ignore the haters and pass C-51 virtually as-is.
The Harper Government May Have Bullied a Pro-Gun Group into Dropping its C-51 Criticism
The National Firearms Association suddenly pulled out of a hearing on the Conservatives' new anti-terror bill, which they were expected to slam.