On February 10, 2026, ICLMG’s National Coordinator testified at the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (SOCI) for their study of the rights-violating and xenophobic Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act. Watch his 5-minute intervention above or read the transcript of his remarks below. Read our full briefs […]

On February 2nd, 2026, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group sent the following comments to the federal government in the context of their 30-day consultation on their proposed Regulations for the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (which was part of Bill C-70, the Combatting Foreign Interference Act, which was rushed through Parliament in May […]

  The People’s Consultation on AI, launched on January 21, 2026, is a collaborative civil society initiative created in response to the federal government’s failure to provide a meaningful consultation process during the development of a national AI strategy in October 2025. In 2025, the government hastily assembled a task force to develop its AI […]

  Today, January 29th, 2026, we remember the victims of the deadly 2017 attack on the Quebec City Mosque: Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Aboubaker Thabti, Abdelkrim Hassane, and Azzeddine Soufiane, along with the survivors, including Aymen Derbali, and their loved ones. Today also marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action Against […]