B.C. civil liberties group joins Supreme Court challenge of N.L. COVID restrictions

Supreme Court to Evaluate Whether Pandemic Travel Restrictions Violated Charter Mobility Rights

The Supreme Court of Canada will consider this week whether COVID-19 travel restrictions that prevented a woman from attending her mother’s funeral in 2020 violated her mobility rights under the Charter. Kimberley Taylor, a Canadian originally from Newfoundland and Labrador currently living in Nova Scotia, filed an application on May 20, 2020, to contest the constitutionality of Newfoundland’s COVID-19 travel restrictions after she was denied en…

B.C. civil liberties group joins Supreme Court challenge of N.L. COVID restrictions

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is intervening in a Supreme Court of Canada case this week examining the constitutionality of Newfoundland and Labrador’s COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.

Supreme Court to consider if COVID travel bans violated charter mobility rights after woman missed mother's funeral

A woman denied entry into Newfoundland and Labrador for her mother’s funeral, says the province’s travel ban breached her mobility rights

CCLA to Defend Canadians’ Mobility Rights at Supreme Court

TORONTO, April 15, 2025 – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will appear at the Supreme Court of Canada to defend the constitutional right of Canadian citizens and permanent residents to move freely between provinces. This case stems from the unprecedented COVID-19 travel restrictions in 2020, which prohibited Canadians from crossing provincial borders for the first time in history. The CCLA will argue that, even during a public hea…

B.C. civil liberties group joins Supreme Court challenge of N.L. COVID restrictions – Energeticcity.ca

ST. JOHN’S — The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is intervening in a Supreme Court of Canada case this week examining the constitutionality of Newfoundland and Labrador’s COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions. In a news release today, the association says it will argue the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects permanent residents’ right to move between and within provinces, just as it does for citizens. It will also argue…

Media Advisory: Mobility rights at stake in Supreme Court of Canada case   - BC Civil Liberties Association

WHAT:  BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in Canadian Civil Liberties Association, et al. v. Newfoundland and Labrador, et al  WHEN: April 15 and 16, 2025, at 9:30 am EST/ 6:30 am PST    WHERE: Supreme Court of Canada Ottawa, ON (unceded Anishinabe Algonquin Territory) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in Canadian Civil Liberties Association, et al. v. Newfoundland and Labrador…