June 26th is the United Nations’ International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In recognition of this day, ICLMG has sent three letters to the federal government calling on them to stop the Canadian government’s complicity in torture in three different cases: A letter to the Minister of Public Safety, Gary Anandasangaree, calling on him […]

The federal government has rammed the controversial Lawful Access Act through Parliament despite massive opposition. June 18, 2026, OTTAWA – Twenty-one civil liberties organizations, privacy groups and individual experts are deeply alarmed that, late last night, the federal government cut off debate at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on the very […]

June 17, 2026, OTTAWA–The adoption of Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, without necessary amendments presents a new and significant risk to Charter rights and civil liberties of all people in Canada, including those communities that the government wishes to help protect, says a Canadian civil liberties coalition. The ICLMG has observed with distress the […]

June 16, 2026, OTTAWA – A civil liberties coalition is raising concerns that the government’s new Safe Social Media Act, Bill C-34, will serve as a backdoor to broaden the definition of terrorism, introduce a new definition of violent extremism, and expand what could be considered a terrorism offence. The inclusion of these new definitions […]

On June 2nd, 2026, ICLMG’s coordinator Tim McSorley testified at the Public Safety (SECU) committee against Bill C-22, the “Lawful Access” Act, on behalf of the Centre for Free Expression, where he serves as a senior fellow. Tim appeared alongside several other privacy and civil liberties organizations that echoed and added to our concerns: OpenMedia, […]

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On May 24, 2026, the ICLMG submitted our brief opposing state surveillance Bill C-22 to the SECU committee studying the bill. You won’t see the usual accompanying video of our testimony at committee because we are amongst a large group of organizations that defend human rights and civil liberties whose requests to appear at committee […]

On May 20, 2026, the ICLMG testified against Bill C-9, the “Combatting Hate” Act, at the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights. Although it is aimed at preventing hate crimes, the bill instead threatens the Charter rights and civil liberties of all people in Canada – specifically our freedom of expression and assembly – including […]

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More than 25 leading rights and privacy organizations and experts call for full withdrawal of the Lawful Access Act, warning it would be “the most expansive invasion of Canadian privacy rights in modern history.” TAKE ACTION Today, a group of 14 civil liberties, refugee rights, academic, and digital rights organizations — joined by 15 of […]

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