Community Justice Collective

Our work is always free for our clients, so if you are able to donate to help keep us going, we appreciate it. A monthly donation of $5/month to celebrate our five year anniversary goes a long way! donorbox.org/support-the-cjc

➤ Conduct +80 Know Your Rights sessions ➤ Train 200 articling and placement students in movement lawyering ➤ Host +50 convenings for +300 community lawyers and students in Toronto ➤ and much more!

2025 marks CJC's 5 year anniversary! Here are a few things we've partnered with working class movements to accomplish over the last decade:

Premier Doug Ford announced last month that he wants cash bail to be the law of the land in Ontario. But this is not bold new policy. It is a recycled idea from failed experiments in the United States. Read our op-ed for @CDN_Dimension on the cash bail system at the link below

THREAD. There are alarming developments in Canada recently. Some politicians are apparently doing their best impression of Trump's Executive Orders on cash bail--they want to determine who is in a cage and who is free with their family based on who pays up-front cash.

Doug Ford's plan to require bail cash up front risks cementing a two-tiered justice system: freedom for those who can pay, detention for those who cannot. Human rights lawyer @simaatri of @cjc_TO on why false, fear-based narratives will not make us safer. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

The goal of Ford's proposal is to silence poor and working class tenants and the organizations they’ve built, to guarantee continued churn -- the key to the business model of large landlords. #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

Doug Ford’s new housing law promises efficiency, but its real purpose is to clear the way for evictions and profits. @Leora_smith of @cjc_TO on why the "Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act" will protect financialized landlords, not tenants: canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

Read more at: canadiandimension.com/articles/view/… #Bill60 #ONPoli #TOPoli

In 2020, financialized landlords bought ~90 percent of rental units sold in #Toronto. Nationally, Canada’s 25 largest corporate & financial landlords held ~1/5 of the entire private rental market. Now, these corporate firms want your rent to go up & Ford is making it happen.

Ford may think that disappearing tenants and their unions from the LTB will disappear them from the city, but it won’t. Read our oped on #Bill60 and how it’s designed to protect financialized landlords: canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

Doug Ford’s new housing bill has been sold as efficiency reform, yet it prioritizes landlords over tenants. Long-term renters will face faster evictions, fewer protections, and higher rents while corporate landlords consolidate control of the market. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

Toronto! Join us on Sept 18 for a discussion on Copaganda with @equalityAlec, lawyer, author and founder of @CivRightsCorps. Tickets here: eventbrite.ca/e/copaganda-ho…

Counsel Call is a know your rights podcast for rejecting fear & building solidarity. Lawyer Sima Atri & organizer/podcaster Aliya Pabani discuss frequently asked legal questions about protests & community organizing. Listen to the whole series here: counselcall.podbean.com

Learn about: ❌The two types of information you should never share online 🚔How police surveil protests & what you can do to protect yourself 📱How to make your device more secure in case of arrest 💭What to think about if you’re sharing info before, during & after a protest

🔊In the latest episode of Counsel Call we’re talking Digital Security with @aliyapabani! Listen here: counselcall.podbean.com/e/digital-secu…

I gotta give a huge shout out to my neighbour, Yogesh who represented his tenant union like a total boss. The LTB and Landlord Lawyers can be so scary and disheartening, but Yogesh knew he was standing with hundreds of neighbours at this hearing and was completely FEARLESS!💪🏼❤️