BCCLA supports Nisga’a treaty, opposes referendum
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association today announced its support for the Nisga’a’s people’s right to a limited form of self-government as set out in the proposed Nisga’a’a treaty. The Association […]
BCCLA urges speedy resumption of APEC hearings and focus on free speech issues
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has sent a letter to the Speakers of the House of Commons and Senate, as well as the leaders of all political parties in both […]
BCCLA News Release: BCCLA calls for investigation into New Westminster police tactics
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association submitted a letter of complaint today to Don Morrison, B.C.’s new Police Complaint Commissioner, calling for an investigation into the tactics and conduct of the […]
BCCLA challenges parties at APEC hearings to put up or shut up
B.C. Civil Liberties Association today challenged parties at the APEC hearings either to pursue their concern that RCMP Public Complaints Commission Chair Gerald Morin is biased, or else work with […]
BCCLA condemns mayor Owen’s crusade against Hemp B.C.
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association condemns the City of Vancouver’s continuing harassment of Hemp B.C. and the Cannabis Café. In the latest of a series of strikes, the City’s lawyers […]
APEC opening statement
A couple of days after the APEC conference, all the fences were gone from the lawns and roadways, and it was almost as though nothing had happened on our campus […]
Towards equality of opportunity
This article appeared in University Affairs, October 1998. by Andrew Irvine Among this year’s federal government award winners for employment equity are the University of British Columbia and University of […]
APEC and Democracy
CBC Radio, “Commentary” by John Dixon The APEC story runs, as the journalists say, on two very long legs. One of them is the iconographic image of a fifty-something RCMP […]
APEC PROTEST RAISES NEW QUESTIONS ON WHO’S DOING SPYING
Vancouver Sun, 02 October 1998, A19 By John Russell and Andrew Irvine On whose orders was the RCMP compiling files on activists, and what role did CSIS play? These are […]
Just how far should police go to protect dictators?
Editorial from the Vancouver Sun, September 10, 1998 by Andrew Irvine Did police officers use excessive force while trying to control student protesters at last year’s APEC conference in Vancouver? […]
