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Feb. 22, 2024: OCLA signs open letter to Canadian ministers: Stop genocide or resign
Nov. 30, 2023: OCLA hosts report "Fisman et al.’s Psi (Ψ) index is ill-defined and leads to absurd interpretations"
Sep. 17, 2023: OCLA hosts report "COVID-19 vaccine-associated mortality in the Southern Hemisphere"
Mar. 29, 2023: OCLA Report: "The Court of Appeal for Ontario’s decision in J.N. v. C.G. brings the province’s appellate judiciary into disrepute"
Feb. 9, 2023: OCLA hosts report: "Age-stratified COVID-19 vaccine-dose fatality rate for Israel and Australia"
Dec. 30, 2022: OCLA's 2022 Year in Review
Dec. 19, 2022: Refusal to be vaccinated not “misconduct” in new SST decision
Dec. 8, 2022: OCLA posts RN Andrew Brannan's public letter opposing action campaign for renewed mask mandates
Oct. 5, 2022: OCLA hosts report "Proof that Canada's COVID-19 mortality statistics are incorrect"
Sep. 20, 2022: OCLA’s submission to the Public Order Emergencies Commission
Aug. 3, 2022: Research article: COVID-Period Mass Vaccination Campaign and Public Health Disaster in the USA
Media Coverage
Sep. 17, 2023: "The Corruption of Canadian Courts: Denis Rancourt" Iron Will Report
Sep. 9, 2023: "Pro Tip: Civil Disobedience Against Mandatory Masking Works!!" Press for Truth
Jun. 10, 2023: "Ottawa physicist tells NCI the government killed more than the virus" Western Standard
May 30, 2023: "Wasaga Beach to use 3rd party to handle whistleblower complaints" Wasaga Sun
Dec. 23, 2022: "Federal tribunal overturns government's refusal to grant EI benefits to worker fired for refusing to be vaccinated" Rebel News
Dec. 1, 2022: "What Really Killed Millions? Interview with Denis Rancourt" Iron Will Report
Oct. 17, 2022: "Charte, coercition et injections - Entrevue avec Denis Rancourt et Joseph Hickey" Tribunal de l'Infaux
Aug. 11, 2022: "Study finds COVID vaccines were 'useless' in reducing all-cause mortality in USA" Western Standard
May 26, 2022: "Recent CMAJ study vilifying the unvaccinated is unwarranted" The Democracy Fund
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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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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