Video October 24, 2018

Police Surveillance and Civil Liberties

News June 19, 2024

Charter Rights Under Threat if Senate Fails to Fix Foreign Interference Bill: If they don’t act, we will, say CFE and 9 other civil society groups

In its rush to do, and to be seen to do, something about the very real problem of foreign interference, the House of Commons hurried through — in hours — a well-intentioned but deeply flawed Bill C-70: Countering Foreign Interference Act. Under enormous pressure, it appears the Senate will do likewise today.

Privacy & Surveillance, Academic Freedom, Freedom of the Press

News June 6, 2024

CFE joins 13 other organizations in deploring government plans to rush the Countering Foreign Interference Act through Parliament without allowing meaningful study

In an open letter today to the members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, the Centre for Free Expression and 13 other civil society organizations expressed their deep concerns with the speed with which Bill C-70, the Countering Foreign Interference Act, is currently being rushed through the legislative process.

Freedom of Expression & Its Limits, Privacy & Surveillance, Access-to-Information

Video January 23, 2024

How Can the Charter Protect Freedom of Expression when Digital Platforms Control the Public Square?

Panelists: Emily Laidlaw, Jamie Cameron, Sujit Choudhry, Moderator: Kristopher Kinsinger

Freedom of Expression & Its Limits, Internet and Social Media, Privacy & Surveillance