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Release: Mrs. Connie Fournier to Receive the 2015 OCLA Civil Liberties Award

(Ottawa, November 2, 2015) — The OCLA will present its 2015 Civil Liberties Award to Mrs. Connie Fournier at a public event in Kingston, Ontario, on November 13 (7 PM, The Side Room, Denny’s, 33 Benson Street, Kingston, Ontario). In … Continue reading

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OCLA Newsletter

Dear OCLA Supporter, This email is to provide you with an update regarding the OCLA’s work and activities in 2015. 2015 Civil Liberties Award to be announced soon! We will announce the date and location for our annual civil liberties … Continue reading

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Letter to NDP Leader Thomas Muclair

The OCLA sent the following letter to NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair today, regarding freedom of speech for party candidates, in the context of the NDP’s decision to drop Morgan Wheeldon and Jerry Natanine as candidates because of their opinions regarding the … Continue reading

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Update: National Defence Policy on Searches in Cadet Summer Camps

Last summer, the OCLA wrote to Rear Admiral Jennifer Bennet, Chief Reserves and Cadets of National Defence expressing concerns over sweeping searches of youth participants in Canada’s cadet summer camp programs. The OCLA’s letter was covered in the Ottawa Citizen. … Continue reading

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OCLA Letter to PEN Canada re: “Censorship Tracker”

The OCLA’s letter to PEN Canada regarding the Censorship Tracker website and the case of Mr. Arthur Topham is embedded below and posted online here.

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OCLA’s complaint regarding Ottawa Police Association President Matt Skof

Summary: The president of the Ottawa Police Association (the Ottawa police officers’ union) wrote a letter to the president of Carleton University demanding that criminology professor Darryl Davies apologize for statements he made critical of policing in Ontario. The police … Continue reading

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Release: OCLA asks the Attorney General to intervene in appeal, to protect the constitutional right of freedom of expression in Ontario

(OTTAWA, May 19, 2015) — Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) Advisory Board member Professor Mark Mercer has written to the Attorney General of Ontario, Hon. Madeleine Meilleur, asking that she intervene in the appeal of a defamation case, to defend … Continue reading

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Communiqué : L’ALCO demande au Procureur général d’intervenir en appel, afin de protéger le droit constitutionnel de la liberté d’expression dans l’Ontario

OTTAWA, le 19 Mai 2015 –  Un membre du conseil d’administration de l’Association des Libertés Civiles de l’Ontario (ALCO) a écrit au procureur général de l’Ontario, L’hon. Madeleine Meilleur, lui demandant d’intervenir en appel dans une affaire de diffamation, afin … Continue reading

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Institutions Acting Beyond the State

OCLA Executive Director Joseph Hickey gave a presentation entitled “Institutions Acting Beyond the State” at the 8th Annual Conference of the Toronto Group for the Study of International, Transnational and Comparative Law at the University of Toronto, on May 2, … Continue reading

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Position paper on institutional bias against pro-life campaigners in Ontario

The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) is opposed to the evident statutory and institutional bias that exists in Ontario against the free-expression rights of pro-life campaigners. The violations of the right to free expression include both university-campus suppressions of student … Continue reading

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