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 |
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