All provincial NDP leadership candidates respond to survey
Every BC NDP leadership candidate has responded to the BCCLA’s request for their positions on key civil liberties issues in the province, and every candidate supports the end of police […]
Rights Groups Call on Government to End Abusive Solitary Confinement in Women’s Prisons
Vancouver, BC: The BCCLA and other rights groups are calling on the Minister of Public Safety to end the use of the Management Protocol program in women‟s prisons. The BCCLA […]
Ex-Chief Coroner says government compromised her ethics and values, forcing resignation
The BCCLA has obtained internal government documents that allege that the first doctor in 30 years to act as Chief Coroner in B.C., Dr. Diane Rothon, was forced to leave […]
BCCLA endorses provincial legal aid report
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is endorsing the findings and recommendations of the recent legal aid report prepared by Len Doust, Q.C. for the Public commission on Legal Aid in […]
More than eight out of every ten BC adults in police database
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has discovered that as many as 85% of British Columbia‟s adult population have “master name records” in the PRIME-BC police database. This database is used […]
BCCLA to argue freedom of expression in defamation cases at Supreme Court of Canada
Ottawa – On Tuesday, March 22 and Friday, March 25 the BCCLA will argue before the Supreme Court of Canada in two different cases: Richard C. Breeden, et al. v. […]
BCCLA: Auditor must ask about interference with coroner
The BCCLA is welcoming the news that BC‘s Auditor General will be reviewing the practices of the province‘s coroners‘ service. The activities of the office that examines sudden or unexplained […]
BCCLA Opposes Criminalization of Salvia Divinorum
Vancouver, BC: The BC Civil Liberties Association is opposing Health Canada’s proposal to criminalize the herbal product Salvia Divinorum. Salvia is currently regulated under Natural Health Products Regulation and the […]
BCCLA argues polygamy law is unconstitutional
Vancouver, BC: The BCCLA has filed its final arguments in the B.C. Supreme Court hearing that will determine whether Canada’s anti-polygamy law is constitutional. The BCCLA argues that the anti-polygamy […]
BCCLA launches lawsuit to challenge woman’s lengthy solitary confinement in federal prison
Vancouver, BC: On behalf of 24-year old prisoner BobbyLee Worm, the BCCLA filed a lawsuit on Friday, March 4, 2011 to end the practice of holding women in solitary confinement […]