Annual Report 2021/2022

O U R M A N D A T E INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS (Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms): Freedom of conscience and religion Freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression Freedom of peaceful assembly Freedom of association LIBERTY (Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms): The right to life, liberty and security of the person. [...] We continue to vigorously resist the government in court in this matter, including by challenging blanket assertions of cabinet confidence privilege over the bulk of the evidence relevant to a judicial determination of whether the invocation was justified and cross- examining witnesses. [...] The state should not be in the business of policing the limits of dark comedy, and the baseline importance of open discourse in a free society was rightfully defended by the Court in this case. [...] interpretation of the requirements for public We intervened in this case to urge the Supreme interest standing is necessary to ensure access to Court to revisit the test on de facto expropriation the courts for Canadians who cannot effectively in order to ensure stronger protections for litigate issues of importance to themselves and property owners, and made arguments about the wider public. [...] The CCF's work appeared on the front page of the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail (August 2022) In 2021/2022, the Canadian Constitution Foundation was mentioned directly by name in over 1,600 articles online and in print in Canadian and American media.