Latest posts tagged with #CCLA on Bluesky
"We are human beings, and if we don't care about other human beings, we lose our humanity," |Aymen Derbali
Five days of hearings are scheduled, March 23-27, in the #Bill21 challenge at the Supreme Court of Canada.
ccla.org/major-cases-...
#CCLA #justice #humanrights
7/7
"Respect for human rights and civil liberties is not a partisan value. It is the bedrock of Canadian democracy," the statement concludes.
We are standing together to demand that Alberta uphold, not erode, those values.
#CCLA, #BCCLA, and #Ligue-des-droits-et-libertés
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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed arguments at the Supreme Court of Canada defending the Quebec Court of Appeal’s landmark decision declaring suspicionless roadside stops unconstitutional. #canpoli #supremecourt #ccla #racialprofiling #qcpoli #unconstitutional
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4/11
The #CCLA warns this move threatens the integrity of Canada's constitutional #democracy.
"The #notwithstanding clause was never meant to be a blunt political tool to override #CharterRights,” says Executive Director Howard Sapers.
#NotwithstandingClause #CdnLaw #CdnPoli #AbPoli
3/11
In its letter to #Smith, the #CCLA stresses that the #SupremeCourt of Canada itself has recognized that #trans and #GenderDiverse people are a "marginalized group that face unique vulnerability to #discrimination and exclusion".
The government's plan, they argue, will only deepen that stigma.
1/11
🇨🇦 #CCLA CONDEMNS ALBERTA'S PLAN TO USE #NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE TARGETING TRANS COMMUNITIES 🇨🇦
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has condemned the #DanielleSmith #UCP plan to strip #CharterRights from #Trans and #GenderDiverse people.
#AbLeg #TransRights #AbPoli
4/7
The #CCLA warns that this move threatens the integrity of Canada's constitutional democracy.
"The notwithstanding clause was never meant to be a blunt political tool to override Charter rights,” says Executive Director Howard Sapers.
#NotwithstandingClause #CdnLaw #AbPoli #AbLeg #DanielleSmith
3/7
"These laws... only deepen the marginalization of #trans and #gender-diverse people who already face disproportionate barriers in schools, workplaces, and healthcare,” says #AadenPearson, the CCLA's Trans Rights Legal Fellow.
#HumanRights #TransRights #CCLA
1/7
🇨🇦 #CCLA CONDEMNS ALBERTA'S PLAN TO USE #NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE TO TARGET TRANS COMMUNITIES 🇨🇦
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association's condemnation of the Alberta government's plan to use the Charter's override provision to strip rights from trans and gender diverse people.
#AbLeg #TransRights
8/11
The #CanadianCivilLibertiesAssociation immediately raised concerns.
The #CCLA called the Criminal Code a "blunt instrument" and said it is worried the bill could be used to "criminalize unpopular, dissenting and offensive speech," moving away from a strict public safety agenda.
10/18
#Privacy advocates also raise alarms about "function creep".
A driver's license exists to certify driving ability and provide basic identity. This policy, the #CCLA argues, improperly repurposes a foundational document into a tool for #immigration #enforcement and health #surveillance.
9/18
This visible difference will inject citizenship status into routine interactions where it is legally irrelevant—traffic stops, landlords, banks, or entering a bar.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) warns this "risks opening the floodgates to discrimination and profiling".
#CCLA
8/11 The Canadian Civil Liberties Association warned in July that books like 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale would be banned.
Nicolaides called this 'completely false.'
The CCLA was right. The minister was wrong. The censorship is real.
#CCLA #PredictedCorrectly
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CCLA Sounds the Alarm Over Government of Alberta’s Dangerous Censorship Agenda
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #politics
#Canada #Bookban #CCLA
#censorship #HandmaidsTale
#FireSmith #FireTheUCP
3/9 "The banning of books is a hallmark of censorship, not democracy," warns Howard Sapers, Executive Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
This isn't partisan politics—it's about fundamental freedoms under direct assault.
#CCLA #Democracy
Hey Canada‼️❤️🇨🇦
If ever you want to support a great organization, the #CanadianCivilLibertiesAssociation or CCLA does fantastic work to protect rights in Canada.
This is their latest news update. #CCLA #HumanRights
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The 100 largest global companies operating in the UK have slacked in their efforts to address slavery in their supply chains, according to a new global benchmark by investment manager CCLA Investment Management.
Learn more: future.portfolio-adviser.com/ccla-three-q...
#ModernSlavery #CCLA
THINGS to do TODAY re #BILL5
COMMENT⬇️*➕📱 #dougFord AGAIN 416-325-1941 ➕get.EVERYone you.know to DO.same
*takes only a WEE bit longer than most petitions!* @marshfr.bsky.social found this for us so i didn’t have to 🔚 #onPoli #ontPoli #Indigenous #cdnClimate #wildlife #mining #CCLA #RuleOfLaw #Labour
#PressRelease:
The #CCLA condemns #Bill5 as it “enables the executive branch of the government to unilaterally do away with legal safeguards that protect vulnerable communities and Indigenous people, paving the way for corporations to bypass labour and environmental laws.”
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“…“ #Women fleeing #gender-based #persecution, as well as #trans & #gender-diverse #asylumseekers face serious risks when returned at the #border, including #detention & #deportation.”
#CARL, #RainbowRailroad, & the #CCLA call on the Minister to take immediate action …
Centenary College of Louisiana is celebrating its bicentennial. 1825-2025
#photography
#landscape
#scape
#bluesky
#centenary
#centenarycollege
#ccla #louisiana #shreveport
#bicentennial
Centenary College of Louisiana
#centenarycollege #ccla #louisiana #liberalarts #centenaryproud #columns
Got my $200 Ford Gov't Bribe cheque in the mail today.
Gonna donate it to an org that would annoy Doug Ford. Right now I'm thinking the #CCLA; my partner is donating to @cycletoronto.bsky.social.
Let's make a thread of good charities that can use Ford's bribe (and vote him out!)
A doll holding its own face.
A ghost in the subway.
An abandoned suburb.
A suited man with a TV for a head.
Updated my #CCLA library! That means art that's free to use in publications! www.stregawolf.art/ccla-library
Le Centro de Cultura Libertária da Amazônia (CCLA), l’anarchisme à Belém do Pará (Brésil) contre la COP 30
youtu.be/bSrIeviV78I
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#CCLA #Belém #Pará #Brésil #Amazonie #Anarchisme #Culture
ATTN #Ottawa legal professionals: You should audition for the upcoming #CCLA #Lawyer Play. I know I am! 🎭
As a past cast member, I highly recommend. It’s a great way to meet other members of the #ottawa bar and supports a great charity.
#LawSky #LawBlueSky
www.ccla-abcc.ca/news/686755/...
.@HelenWildsmith, Director at #CCLA highlights that a record-breaking number of investors are already stepping up, but need governments to support them with the right policy framework to drive coal out of the system over...
