Canadian Civil Liberties Association

| Copyright Dominique Clément / Clément Consulting

The following collection of position papers were produced by the Canadian Civil Liberties between 1968 and 1998.

Click here for the original archival index of submissions (incomplete).

Click here for a list/index of letters written by the CCLA between 1968 and 2000 (with two samples reproduced in the file).

Title

Agency

Year

Maintenance of Roads Across Indian Reserves	Sarnia City Council	1968
Meadowsweet Exploration	Etobicoke Borough Council	1968
Alleged Behaviour or Misbehaviour of Certain Ontario Magistrates	Commission of Inquiry, Toronto	1968
Employment of Gregory Spears	York Borough Council Toronto	1968
Suspension of Tim Cressman	Newmarket District High School Board, Toronto	1968
Legislation on Hate Propaganda	Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs	1969
Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping	Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Toronto	1969
Police Practices in Ontario	Hon. Arthur A. Wishart Attorney General of Ontario	1969
Civil Liberties and the Administration of Public Welfare	Hon. John Yaremko Minister of Social and Family Services of Ontario, Toronto	1970
Poverty and Civil Liberties	Special Senate Committee on Poverty, Ottawa	1970
War Measures Act	Government of Canada	1970
Resolution Requiring Discharge for Advocating FLQ Policies	Board of Education, Toronto	1970
Public Order (Temporary Measures) Act	Government of Canada	1970
Law Enforcement Policies in Obscenity Matters	Board of Commissioners of Police, Metropolitan Toronto	1970
Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping	Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Toronto	1970
Civil Liberties and the Administration of Public Welfare	Hon. John Yaremko Minister of Social and Family Services of Ontario, Toronto	1970
Poverty and Civil Liberties	Special Senate Committee on Poverty, Ottawa	1970
War Measures Act	Government of Canada	1970
Resolution Requiring Discharge for Advocating FLQ Policies	Board of Education, Toronto	1970
Public Order (Temporary Measures) Act	Government of Canada	1970
Law Enforcement Policies in Obscenity Matters	Board of Commissioners of Police, Metropolitan Toronto	1970
Emergency Powers	Hon. John Turner Minister of Justice of Canada, Ottawa	1970
A Preliminary Point in the Appeal of Mrs. Lillian Carnigan	Board of Review, Toronto	1970
Right to Counsel	Hon. Otto Lang, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Ottawa	1970
Bill C-6 The Protection of Privacy Act	House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Ottawa	1970
Effective Right to Counsel in Ontario Criminal Cases	Hon. George A. Kerr, Provincial Secretary for Justice; Hon. Dalton Bales, Attorney General; Hon. John Yaremko, Solicitor General, Toronto	1970
Anti-Loitering By-Law	The Corporation of the Town of Oakville	1970
A Preliminary Point In the Appeal of Mrs. Lillian Carrigan	The Board of Review	1971
Task Force on Policing in Ontario	Task Force on Policing in Ontario	1973
Due Process and the Law of Immigration	Hon. Robert Andras Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Ottawa	1974
Conduct of Police Forces at Fort Erie on the 11th of May, 1974	Royal Commission, St. Catharines	1974
Metropolitan Toronto Review of Citizen-Police Complaint Procedure	Arthur Maloney, Toronto	1974
Public Complaints, Internal Discipline and Grievance Procedure Within the RCMP	Commission of Inquiry, Ottawa	1974
Task Force on Legal Aid	Task Force on Legal Aid	1974
Public Complaints, Internal Discipline and Grievance Procedures Within the RCMP	Public Complaints, Internal Discipline and Grievance Procedures Within the RCMP	1974
Case of Rene Vaillancourt and the Issue of Capital Punishment	Government of Canada, Ottawa	1975
Immigration Policy of the Parliament of Canada	Immigration Policy of the Parliament of Canada	1975
Bill C-83 Peace and Security	House of Commons Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Ottawa	1976
Bill C-84 Capital Offences	House of Commons Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Ottawa	1976
Police Practices and the Morand Report	Hon. John P. MacBeth, Solicitor General of Ontario, Toronto	1976
The Royal Commission Into Metropolitan Toronto Police Practices	The Royal Commission Into Metropolitan Toronto Police Practices	1976
Police Practices and the Morand Report	The Honourable John P. MacBeth, Q.C., Solicitor General of Ontario	1976
Review of Ontario Human Rights Code	Ontario Human Rights Commission, Toronto	1977
Inquiry into Maximum Security Institutions of the Canadian Penitentiary Service	House of Commons Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Ottawa	1977
Involuntary Civil Commitment	Hon. Dennis Timbrell Minister of Health for Ontario, Toronto	1977
Federal Government’s Human Rights Bill	House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Ottawa	1977
Amending the Protection of Privacy Act	Hon. Ron Basford, Minister of Justice of Canada	1977
Federal Government’s Immigration Bill C-24	House of Commons Standing Committee on Labour, Manpower and Immigration, Ottawa	1977
Priorities and Procedures for the Commission’s Proceedings	Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the RCMP, Ottawa	1978
Addendum to Submissions	Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the RCMP, Ottawa	1978
Bill C-26 Mail Opening	House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Ottawa	1978
Commission on Freedom of Information and Individual Privacy	Commission on Freedom of Information and Individual Privacy	1978
Veterinary Licensing Practices	Ontario Human Rights Commission, Toronto	1979
Public Disclosure and the Official Secrets Act	Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the RCMP, Ottawa	1979
Emergency Powers and the War Measures Act	Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the RCMP, Ottawa	1979
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Confidentiality of Health Records In the Province of Ontario	Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Confidentiality of Health Records In the Province of Ontario	1979
Veterinary Licensing Practices	Ontario Human Rights Commission	1979
Submissions of Commission Counsel	Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the RCMP, Ottawa	1980
Bill 201 Police Complaints Machinery	Committee on Neighbourhoods, Housing, Fire and Legislation City of Toronto	1980
Contact School Investigation	Metropolitan Toronto Board of Commissioners of Police	1980
RCMP Wrongdoing	Hon. Robert Kaplan Solicitor General of Canada, Ottawa	1980
Submissions of Commission Counsel	Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the RCMP, Ottawa	1980
Charter of Rights and Freedoms	Special Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Constitution, Ottawa	1980
Emergency Proposals	Metropolitan Toronto Executive Committee	1980
Toronto Bathhouse Raids	Hon. R. Roy McMurtry Solicitor General of Ontario, Toronto	1981
Bill C-43 Accessibility of Government Information and the Protection of Personal Information	House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Ottawa	1981
Civilian-Police Complaint Machinery	Mayor’s Committee on Community and Race Relations of the City of Toronto, Toronto	1981
Ross Dowson, the RCMP and the Principles of Prosecutorial Discertion	Hon. R. Roy McMurtry Attorney General of Ontario, Toronto	1981
Ontario Human Rights Code – Bill 7	Ontario Legislature Standing Committee on Resources Development, Toronto	1981
Ontario Government Bill on Civilian Complaints Against the Police	City of Toronto Executive Committee, Toronto	1981
Bill 68 Complaints Against Metropolitan Toronto Police	Standing Committee on Administration of Justice of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto	1981
Security, Intelligence and the Report of the MacDonald Commission	Hon. Robert Kaplan Solicitor General of Canada, Ottawa	1982
Emergency Planning Order	Standing Joint Parliamentary Committee on Regulations and Other Statutory Instruments, Ottawa	1982
Prosecution of RCMP Wrongdoers	Hon. Mark McGuigan Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Ottawa	1983
Bill C-157 National Security	Special Committee of the Senate on the Canadian Security Intelligence Service	1983
Policing Policies in Orillia	Orillia City Council	1983
The Prosecution of RCMP Wrongdoers	The Honourable Mark MeGuigan Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada	1983
Special House of Commons Committee on Visible Minorities	Special House of Commons Committee on Visible Minorities	1983
The Ratification of Campus Groups	University Students’ Council, University of Western Ontario	1984
Bill C-9 National Security	House of Commons Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs	1984
Pornography and the Law	Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution	1984
Bill C-109 National Security	Hon. Robert Kaplan, Ottawa	1984
Interventions in Public Interest Litigation	Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa	1984
Union Access to the Eaton Centre	Neighbourhoods Committee, Toronto City Hall	1984
Bill C-9 National Security	The Honourable Robert Kaplan Solicitor General of Canada	1984
Electro Convulsive Therapy Review Committee	Electro Convulsive Therapy Review Committee	1984
Bill 30 Public Funding for Roman Catholic Separate Secondary Schools	Standing Committee on Social Development	1985
Bill C-49 Street Prostitution	Legislative Committee, House of Commons, Ottawa	1985
Video Surveillance by Police of Public Washrooms	Hon. Ken Keyes Solicitor General of Ontario	1986
Social Assistance and the “Man in the House” Rule	Hon. John Sweeney, Minister of Community and Social Services of Ontario	1986
Bill C-77 The Emergencies Act	Hon. Perrin Beatty Minister of National Defence, Ottawa	1987
Bill C-77 The Emergencies Act	Legislative Committee on Bill C-77 (The Emergencies Act)	1988
The Improvement of Police-Community Relations	Hon. Ian Scott, Attorney General of Ontario	1989
Religious Education in the Public School	Ministerial Inquiry on Religious Education, Ontario	1989
The Five Year Review of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service	Special Committee on the Review of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Act House of Commons, Ottawa	1990
The De-registration of of Charities and the Right of Free Speech	Hon. Otto Jelinek Minister of National Revenue	1990
Bill 107 Police Services	Hon. Steven Offer Solicitor General of Ontario	1990
The Improvement of Police Accountability	Hon. Mike Farnan Solicitor General of Ontario	1991
Guidelines for Affirmative Action Towards Employment Equity	Hon. Elaine Ziemba Minister of Citizenship for Ontario	1991
Mandatory Drug Testing in the Workplace	Hon. Bob Mackenzie Minister of Labour for Ontario	1992
Improving Police Accountability	Hon. Allan Pilkey Solicitor General of Ontario	1992
Accountability for Police Use of Force	Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board	1992
Bill C-86 Amendments to Immigration Act	Hon. Bernard Valcourt Minister of Employment and Immigration	1992
Improving Police Accountability	The Honourable Allan Pilkey Solicitor General of Ontario	1992
Amendments to Immigration Act	Legislative Committee on Bill C-86 (Immigration) House of Commons	1992
Bill 79 Employment Equity	Standing Committee on the Administration of Justice of the Ontario Legislature	1993
Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System	Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System	1993
Framework Regarding Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination in Ontario Universities	Hon. Dave Cooke, Minister of Education and Training for Ontario, Toronto	1994
Summary of Recommendations to Metro Toronto Police Services Board	Metro Toronto Police Services Board	1995
Summary of Recommendations to Metro Toronto Police Services Board Re Police Intelligence Gathering	Metro Toronto Police Services Board	1995
The Role of Education in Combatting Racism	Hon. John Snobelen Minister of Education and Training for Ontario, Toronto	1995
Bill C-55 Electronic Monitoring	House of Commons Committee on Justice & Legal Affairs (Oral Submission)	1997
Special Investigations Unit		1997
Bill 102 Community Safety Act	Administration of Justice Committee Hearing	1997
Bill 142 Social Assistance Reform Act	Ontario Legislature Standing Committee on Social Development	1997
Guelph Strip Searches	Recommendations to Guelph Police Services Board	1998
December/97 Queen’s Park demonstration strip searches	Toronto Police Services Board m?.	1998
The Law of Obscenity and Child Pornography	Hon. Anne McLellan Minister of Justice for Canada	1998
Safe Streets Act, 1999	Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy	1998