Tag Archives: freedom of speech

OCLA’s submission to the Public Order Emergency Commission

OCLA strenuously opposed the Canadian government’s February 2022 invocation of the Emergencies Act to quash peaceful protest at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. OCLA has submitted the following letter and package of documents to the Public Order Emergency Commission, pursuant to its … Continue reading

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OCLA interviews Dr. Ashley Frawley on cancel culture

OCLA researcher Denis Rancourt interviews Dr. Ashley Frawley (Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Policy and Social Sciences, Swansea University) about the need for freedom of expression in an era of increasing censorship and social mobbing. Ashley puts her recent public … Continue reading

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OCLA interviews Tony Heller on social media censorship of his climate research

One current area of severe censorship is any questioning of the “climate emergency” or of the dominant mediascape view of “climate change”. Here, OCLA researcher Denis Rancourt interviews climate activist Tony Heller about the need for  freedom of expression amid … Continue reading

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Freedom of speech is on the endangered list: full interview

Journalist Dr. John Cooper recently published this article in LawNow: In Canada and elsewhere, freedom of speech is on the endangered list Here is the full interview with OCLA Researcher Dr. Denis Rancourt, which Dr. Cooper made in preparation for … Continue reading

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Statement by Rick Mehta Regarding His Dismissal from Acadia University

The Ontario Civil Liberties Association supports Professor Rick Mehta to be fully reinstated to his tenured professorship at Acadia University. This is Professor Mehta’s full statement regarding his August 31, 2018 dismissal: LINK-PDF-File Statement by Rick Mehta Regarding His Dismissal … Continue reading

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