Category Archives: Civil Liberties
Ontario to ban undercover investigations at food processing plants amid COVID-19 outbreaks
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government is going ahead with a controversial bill banning undercover investigations of health and safety violations at food processing plants in Ontario as the province struggles to contain at least three COVID-19 outbreaks at meat plants
Complaint to CBC: Painting critics of China’s Communist Party as “racist” hurts real victims of racism
Dear CBC Ombudsman, I’m writing to you as a CBC Radio listener who wakes up every morning to The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn. I have appeared numerous times on your news programs on radio and television. I’m a Canadian
Beijing demands Twitter – banned in China – uphold “freedom of speech” after platform bans Chinese embassy official account
Beijing is demanding that Twitter uphold “freedom of speech” after the platform, which is banned by censors in China, temporarily banned a Chinese embassy official account. Twitter yanked @ChinaEmbSL account belonging to the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka on April
Eby reintroduces anti-SLAPP legislation killed by BC Liberals
By ThinkPol Staff British Columbians will soon be able to once again speak up against big corporations on important issues without the fear of being silenced by costly strategic legal action intended to suppress public participation. BC Attorney General David
NDP to reintroduce anti-SLAPP legislation killed by BC Liberals
By ThinkPol Staff British Columbians will soon be able to once again speak up against big corporations on important issues without the fear of being silenced by costly strategic legal action intended to suppress public participation. BC Attorney General David
Experts cautiously support Liberal legislation to overhaul Harper’s ‘unconstitutional’ Bill C-51
By ThinkPol Staff Constitutional, public safety and human rights experts have extended their cautious support for a new Liberal government bill that will significantly overhaul Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s controversial anti-terrorism legislation Bill C-51, which many see as being
Canadian Government pressured to recognize human rights abuses in Mexico
By David Boughton The government of Canada came under pressure last week to increase its response to the escalating human rights crisis in Mexico. Nine Mexican human rights experts were in Ottawa outlining the problems and looking for support. The
Judge reserves decision in “Fuck Harper” case
A provincial court judge in Alberta has reserved his decision in the case of an Edmonton man facing a $543 fine for displaying a “Fuck Harper” sign in his car. An RCMP officer cited Rob Wells for “stunting” after pulling
Listen to Canadians before reforming Bill C-51, joint open letter urges Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to listen to Canadians before bringing forward a reform package on Bill C-51, according to a joint open letter penned by a broad range of civil society groups and privacy experts, who say Canadians need
Federal government drops niqab appeal
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Immigration Minister John McCallum announced today the formal withdrawal of the federal government’s request to the Supreme Court for an appeal of a federal court decision allowing women to wear the niqab at citizenship ceremonies.