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And it seems highly likely the incoming government will abandon the Conservatives’ recent leave-to-appeal application to the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn a lower court ruling that it is illegal to ban Muslim women from wearing niqabs at citizenship swearing-in ceremonies. During the recent election campaign, Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau vigorously defended the right of Muslim women to wear the religious veil.

Some rights groups want the new government to go even further.

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) says it will call on the government, “to take a very hard look at whether certain measures will pass constitutional scrutiny,” executive director Josh Paterson said Tuesday.

“Where they think there is a reasonable chance of a successful constitutional challenge, they ought to be looking at amendments. That’s not to say they should choose to amend every single thing, but it is the responsibility of government to do that.”

The BCCLA and others want the new government to target some Tory laws and policies beyond what’s in their election playbook. For example, the association and John Howard Society are suing the government over the Correctional Service of Canada’s increasing use of solitary confinement, officially called disciplinary or administrative confinement. They argue it violates the Charter protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

The civil rights group also is pursuing a class-action suit on behalf of Canadians who use wireless devices, alleging the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency, is violating citizens’ constitutional right to privacy by spying on the domestic electronic metadata generated by emails, Internet searches and Wi-Fi traffic in public places such as airports.