HOTTIES and NAUGHTIES for 2006
HOTTIES: Maher Arar and Monia Mazigh In recognition of their dignified and courageous battle to clear Maher’s name and to reform Canadian security procedures. Dugald Christie For challenging the tax […]
Experts Gather to Discuss Border ID Documents and Identification Policy
A research team is gathering experts from three countries to identify challenges to Canadian identity policy. With growing concerns about border management, terrorism, illegal immigration and travel security, there are […]
Press Conference on Border Identification and ID Policy
Vancouver – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association, in association with the London School of Economics and the American Civil Liberties Union will hold a press conference Friday, December 8, 2006 […]
Court of Appeal says Translink must accept political advertising
The BC Court of Appeal overturned a 2004 decision by BC Transit and Translink to refuse a request by the Canadian Federation of Students to place paid advertising designed to […]
BCCLA criticizes new voter ID requirements as disenfranchising vulnerable people.
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is attacking the federal government’s proposed plan to amend the Canada Elections Act to require identification from voters at the polls. Bill C-31 will require […]
BCCLA denounces government plan for “three strikes” laws
As part of its crime-and-punishment agenda, the government has announced that it will table a bill for a “three strikes” law like those that exist in some American states. The […]
BCCLA urges Prime Minister Harper to grant Insite a further exemption pursuant to section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Read the letter here>>
Civil Liberties Association Calls on RCMP to Answer for Disclosure of Income Trust Investigation
When the RCMP made a mid-election announcement that it was conducting a criminal investigation of a government Ministry in relation to income trusts, it launched a political football. This action […]
Adult adoption restrictions in British Columbia
Age and residency restrictions unfairly limit adult-adoption in British Columbia. Rather than allowing a judge to decide whether or not an adoption order should be granted in specific circumstances, British […]
BCCLA calls for investigation on use of the notorious U.S. “No-fly List” within Canada
Maher Arar, Canada’s most famous victim of torture, was unable to use an automated Air Canada check-in kiosk and flagged for “selected security screening” flying from Montreal to Edmonton. This […]
