The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the appeals of Bill 21 from Monday, March 23 to Thursday, March 26. Each day the hearing will begin at 9:30 AM ET and will be available to watch live on the Court's website:  https://www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossiers/hearings-audiences/live-endirect/ This will be an unprecedented hearing with the highest number of intervenors ever appearing before the Supreme Court on a matter. We strongly encourage our members to login and observe. Mannu Chowdhury and...

The Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association (CMLA) is pleased that the Court dismissed the Attorney General’s eleventh-hour application for an injunction to ban today’s Al-Quds Day rally. In the face of this urgent challenge to constitutional freedoms, the CMLA worked diligently to provide legal expertise and assistance alongside the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association (ACLA)  to support Shane Martinez  as counsel. Together we ensured a robust...

The Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association, Legal Advocacy Committee, has submitted a brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology regarding Bill C-12. We raised concerns about the expansion of state power across immigration, border enforcement, and information-sharing regimes without adequate study. We also highlighted the disproportionate impact of the expanded powers on Muslim, racialized and marginalized communities. We urged the Senate to pause the...