Regulator Searches of Workplace Devices
The CCF is intervening in a Supreme Court of Canada case to defend Canadians’ privacy rights when personal information is stored on employees’ workplace devices and systems.
Firearms “Variants” Prohibition
The CCF is intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in a challenge to federal firearms regulations that prohibit a broad range of firearms and their “variants.” The case arose after the Trudeau government in 2020 issued a regulation prohibiting a long list of what they called “military-style assault weapons” and their “variants.” The RCMP…
Rebuilding Ontario Place Act (Ontario Place Protectors v Ontario)
The CCF is intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in a constitutional challenge to Ontario’s Rebuilding Ontario Place Act (ROPA), legislation tied to the provincial government’s redevelopment of Ontario Place, a defunct waterfront amusement park. ROPA, passed in 2023, exempts the redevelopment from most requirements under the Environmental Assessment Act and the Ontario Heritage…
Online Reviews as Free Expression (Benchwood Builders v Prescott)
In Cynthia Prescott, et al. v. Benchwood Builders Inc., et al., the Supreme Court of Canada will consider whether homeowners can be sued for defamation over negative online reviews about a contractor.
Federal Equalization Formula Challenge (Nfld. v Canada)
In 2024, Newfoundland and Labrador filed a case in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland that the federal government’s current equalization formula violates section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982, which states: “Parliament and the government of Canada are committed to the principle of making equalization payments to ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to…
Section 33 intervention in Religious Symbols case (Hak v Quebec)
The CCF has been granted intervener status in Hak v Quebec, a landmark constitutional case set to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. The case challenges the constitutionality of Quebec’s Loi sur la laïcité de l’État (Bill 21), which bans certain public sector employees from wearing religious symbols while at work.
Alberta’s Impact Assessment Act challenge (Intervention)
In 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada determined most of the IAA was unconstitutional, finding it allowed the federal government to regulate projects outside its jurisdiction. Late last year, Parliament made minor amendments to the act, which Alberta argues do little to render the law constitutional.
Democratic accountability intervention (Alford v. Canada)
The Canadian Constitution Foundation intervened in a significant constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court of Canada concerning parliamentary privilege, freedom of expression, and the limits of executive power.
UBC Academic Freedom challenge
Four professors, supported by the Canadian Constitution Foundation, have launched a legal challenge in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Their petition demands UBC’s administration comply with provincial law requiring universities to remain politically neutral.
Equality in the Charter (Québec c. Kanyinda)
On May 15, 2025, the Canadian Constitution Foundation appeared at the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in a case on the scope of equality rights under section 15 of the Charter. On March 6, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada found that Quebec discriminated against female asylum seekers on the basis of sex by…
Police search powers case (R v. Singer)
The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Singer, arguing that police powers to enter private property without a warrant under the doctrine of “implied license” must be narrowly defined.
Interprovincial travel case intervention (Taylor v. Canada)
On September 18, 2024 the Canadian Constitution Foundation announced it had been granted intervener status in an upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case on the constitutionality of Newfoundland and Labrador’s pandemic travel restrictions and whether Canadian citizens have a constitutionally-protected right to interprovincial travel. The case Taylor v. Canada arises from a matter in which…