Canadian Civil Liberties Association
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{{Infobox_Organization
| name = Canadian Civil Liberties Association
| image =
| caption = CCLA logo
| membership = 6,500 members
| language = English
| headquarters = [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
| formation = [[1964]]
| website = http://www.ccla.org/
}}
The '''Canadian Civil Liberties Association''' or '''CCLA''', is a [[non-governmental organization]] in [[Canada]] that is devoted to the defense of [[civil liberties]] and [[civil rights]].
The CCLA was founded in [[1964]] and is based in [[Toronto, Ontario]]. Its current president is Marsha Hanen, who is also a former president of the [[University of Winnipeg]]. [[Alan Borovoy]] has been the CCLA's general counsel since [[1968]].
The Association notably spoke out vigorously against the [[1970]] invocation of the [[War Measures Act]] by then [[Prime Minister of Canada]] [[Pierre Trudeau]] in response to the [[October Crisis]] in [[Quebec]].
The CCLA's records are preserved at [[Library and Archives Canada]].
==Litigation==
===Supreme Court of Canada===
The CCLA has [[intervener|intervened]] in numerous cases before the [[Supreme Court of Canada]], including:
* ''[[Nova Scotia Board of Censors v. McNeil]]'', [1976] 2 S.C.R. 265
* ''[[Attorney General of Nova Scotia v. MacIntyre]]'', [1982] 1 S.C.R. 175
* ''[[Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Taylor]]'', [1990] 3 S.C.R. 892
* ''[[R. v. Keegstra]]'', [1990] 3 S.C.R. 697
* ''[[R. v. Butler]]'', [1992] 1 S.C.R. 452
* ''[[R. v. Zundel]]'', [1992] 2 S.C.R. 731
* ''[[Ramsden v. Peterborough (City)]]'', [1993] 2 S.C.R. 1084
* ''[[Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto]]'', [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130
* ''[[Ross v. New Brunswick School District No. 15]]'', [1996] 1 S.C.R. 825
* ''[[R. v. Lucas]]'', [1998] 1 S.C.R. 439
* ''[[Thomson Newspapers Co. v. Canada (Attorney General)]]'', [1998] 1 S.C.R. 877
* ''[[Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)]]'', [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120, 2000 SCC 69
* ''[[R. v. Sharpe]]'', [2001] 1 S.C.R. 45, 2001 SCC 2
* ''[[R. v. Bryan]]'', 2007 SCC 12
==See also==
* [[British Columbia Civil Liberties Association]]
* [[American Civil Liberties Union]]
==External link==
*[http://www.ccla.org/ Official site]
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[[Category:Government watchdog groups in Canada]]
[[Category:Civil liberties advocacy groups]]
[[Category:Legal defense organizations]]
[[Category:Political advocacy groups in Canada]]
[[Category:Human rights organizations in Canada]]