On May 13, 2025, the CPLA intervened in Dorsey & Salah v Attorney General of Canada. The case, on appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal (2023 ONCA 843), concerns whether prisoners can use habeas corpus to challenge the refusal to transfer them to a lower security prison.
The CPLA’s submissions, prepared by Alison Craig, focused on the "least restrictive" principle—the fundamental constitutional principle that an individual's rights should be restricted no more than necessary—and emphasized the critical role of habeas corpus in protecting prisoners’ residual liberty interests.
The CPLA's intervention factum can be viewed here.
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