Christmas message from the Canadian Constitution Foundation

We at the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) are thrilled to bring you this year’s special holiday report on the year in review of civil liberties in Canada. The CCF had another incredible year in 2024. We published a new book, “Free Speech in Canada,” we won our massive legal challenge against the Trudeau government’s Emergencies Act, and had significant victories in cases at all levels of court across Canada. While the list of where government got things wrong is lengthy, we also wanted to acknowledge a few times government got the balance right, or where as a result of citizens fighting back, the courts reined in government overreach.

As a national civil liberties charity in Canada, we are concerned with expanding state intrusions into our rights we saw in 2024. But we are looking forward to a new year where we can fight back against these intrusions. This will not occur because of governments’ own decisions to cede power. Rather, it is because of the tireless advocacy of all our supporters and the work that we and other organizations do to fight against government overreach.