CrimSL PhD candidate Daniel Konikoff at CCLA

June 9, 2023 by Patricia Doherty

head shot of Daniel Konikoff

Congratulations to CrimSL PhD candidate Daniel Konikoff (Supv. Professor Beatrice Jauregui), who is now working at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) as Interim Director of the Privacy, Technology and Surveillance program.

The first thing that he worked on after starting the position is a written submission from CCLA to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs regarding Bill C-47, an Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament. CCLA is responding to Division 39, a section of the bill which proposes amendments to the Canada Elections Act that would further entrench political parties’ exclusion from meaningful national privacy legislation.

Read CCLA's Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs regarding Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament, Division 39 by Daniel Konikoff, Interim Director, Privacy, Technology & Surveillance Program; Tashi Alford-Duguid, Staff Lawyer; and Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Executive Director and General Counsel. May 19, 2023.

About the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)

CCLA is a human rights organization committed to defending the rights, dignity, safety, and freedoms of all people in Canada. As was established in the organisation’s founding principles, CCLA is the pre-eminent voice advocating for the rights and freedoms of all Canadians and all persons living in Canada. They are a leader in protecting rights and have earned widespread respect for their principled stand on such issues as national security, censorship, capital punishment, and police and state accountability —with a fearless voice on civil liberties, human rights and democratic freedoms.