The Latest On Lawful Access
Dear Consultation Committee: I am writing on behalf of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA). Our Association has made previous submissions during the consultation processes on lawful access held […]
Iacobucci Inquiry
Read the Backgrounder: Questions the public needs answered in the El Maati, Almalki and Nureddin cases>> Organizations with Intervenor Status at the Iacobucci Inquiry have written an open letter to […]
RCMP Complaint – Ian Bush
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has won a first round victory in Federal Court against the Attorney General of Canada in its bid to have a decision of the RCMP […]
BCCLA Lodges Four Complaints in Police Related Civilian Deaths
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is lodging new complaints in the case of four men who died in August in British Columbia while in police custody or while being pursued […]
Montebello Summit: Request for a Public Inquiry
VANCOUVER, September 7, 2007: The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and la Ligue des droits et libertés (la Ligue) are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to establish a public […]
Eviction Legislation Voted Down
Three cheers for the NWT MLAs who, as we urged in our letter, found the political courage to vote down the proposed Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act giving territorial bureaucrats […]
Surveillance Database By-Law Struck Down
The BC Court of Appeal struck down a New Westminster by-law that required second-hand stores and pawnshops to collect personal information on their customers to forward to the police. The […]
BCCLA RCMP Income Trust Complaint
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is going to Federal Court to compel Paul Kennedy, Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP (CPC), to review the BCCLA ‘s […]
Iacobucci Inquiry
Submission by International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and BCCLA outlining procedures to be followed, read it here>>
Death-In-Custody – BCCLA Renews Call for Independent Investigation of Civilian Deaths
In light of revelations at the Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Ian Bush, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association is renewing its call for timely, independent, civilian led investigations whenever […]