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- Canadian_Civil_Liberties_Association abstract "The Canadian Civil Liberties Association or CCLA, is Canada's leading national organization devoted to the defence of civil liberties and constitutional rights, both inside and outside the courts. The organization's work focuses on constitutional litigation, law reform, advocating on civil liberties issues before public officials and elected bodies, and public education. The CCLA is a nonpartisan, non-governmental organization supported through the donations of its members and the public; the CCLA does not accept funding from any level of government. The CCLA is closely connected with the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET), the non-profit research and educational arm of the organization, that works with schools, educational institutions, and faculties of education to educate Canadians about their rights and freedoms.The CCLA 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. Since that time, the CCLA has spoken out publicly on a number of leading civil rights issues such as capital punishment, national security, minorities' fight for decent housing, the police complaints procedures and the Quebec government's handling of the Oka crisis.It has often taken principled positions on issues like the protection against censorship of hate speech and pornography, and the removal of public funding for religious education, that have proven controversial.The CCLA defended figures such as neo-Nazi Ernst Zundel and anti-Semite schoolteacher Jim Keegstra against censorship.More recently, the CCLA has become one of the leading voices advocating for accountability and review of policing relating to the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto, Ontario.Said former general Counsel A. Alan Borovoy: "A lot can be done by a very few people on a small budget. I don’t ever remember having more than a shoestring but we changed hundreds of statutes."The CCLA's records are preserved at Library and Archives Canada.The CCLA has intervened in numerous cases before the Supreme Court of Canada. All of the CCLA's intervenor factums (written legal submissions to the Court) are available on its website. Most of these cases involve the interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canada's constitutional bill of rights.The CCLA was founded in 1964 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.".
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