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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The federal government’s latest attempt to grant police and intelligence agencies easier access to the private information of people in Canada, if enacted, will supercharge state surveillance and seriously threaten privacy rights, says the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG). “This legislation presents one of the greatest threats to privacy in Canada of the past […]

April 2nd, 2026 – The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Amnesty International Canadian Section, Independent Jewish Voices, la Ligue des droits et libertés, the Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association, and ​​The Centre for Free Expression, reaffirm our deep concern about Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate […]

OTTAWA, March 27, 2026 – A broad coalition of human rights, civil liberties, refugee and migrant rights, gender justice, and data privacy organizations have denounced the adoption of Bill C-12, which became law yesterday. This egregious bill marks a significant attack on refugee and migrant rights in Canada, and has been criticized by the UN […]