Regulation of Private Security Industry
(VANCOUVER, Canada) – A group of public interest organizations is calling on the government of B.C. to introduce major changes to Bill 15, new legislation to regulate the private security […]
“Lost Canadians” and Citizenship
Citizenship is a fundamental right and must be treated in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice…read our defence of citizenship and how it relates to “Lost Canadians.” Read it […]
Ian Bush Complaint
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association will be in the Federal Court of Canada this Thursday to defend its right to make a complaint regarding the RCMP’s conduct in the shooting […]
Prostitiution Law Reform
Professor John Lowman of Simon Fraser University’s School of Criminology is set to headline the B.C. Civil Liberties Association’s Annual General Meeting this Wednesday evening, March 28 at 7:30 pm […]
Preventive Detentions
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling on all federal political parties and Members of Parliament to allow the Anti-Terrorism Act’s (ATA) preventive detentions and investigative hearing provisions to sunset […]
Security Certificates
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is celebrating a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in a trio of appeals that assessed the constitutionality of the security certificate provisions […]
Afghan Detainees
The transfer by Canadian Forces of individuals captured or detained in Afghanistan must not lead to the possibility of torture, say Amnesty International and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association. […]
Stockwell Day Urged to Undertake Review
Read the Letter Stockwell Day Urged to Undertake Review here>>
Police Misconduct
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) and Pivot Legal Society (“Pivot”) call for the legislature to introduce civilian investigation of police misconduct in British Columbia as soon as possible, following […]
Income Trust Scandal
The BCCLA calls on the Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP to launch a public hearing into former RCMP Commissioner Zaccardelli’s decision to advise an opposition […]
