BC Civil Liberties applauds Senate for upholding Charter and amending assisted dying Bill C-14
OTTAWA (June 8, 2016) – This evening the Senate voted 41-30 to amend the assisted dying Bill C-14 permit all of those people granted the right to an assisted death […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Death with Dignity – Kay Carter’s family to speak on Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling coming into effect
VANCOUVER (June 6, 2016) – Today, Lee Carter, a key plaintiff in the Carter v. Canada case in which the Supreme Court of Canada recognized the right to physician-assisted dying […]
Assisted Dying: Alberta Court of Appeal slams federal argument that Carter decision was limited to terminal illness – BCCLA reiterates Bill C-14 must be amended
VANCOUVER (18 May 2016) – Josh Paterson, Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association reacted this morning to the Alberta Court of Appeal’s decision (Full decision linked here) (short […]
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Bottom line: The federal government of Canada has proposed assisted dying legislation that is much more restrictive than what the Supreme Court decided. The proposed legislation, Bill C-14, would leave out […]
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Montreal’s Crackdown on Dissent has No Place in a Free and Democratic Canada
Over the last three weeks the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) has engaged in cracking down on expressions of dissent in shocking and deeply troubling ways. […]
BCCLA applauds proposed changes to the Citizenship Act
VANCOUVER (February 25, 2016) – Laura Track, Staff Lawyer at the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted today to the proposed changes to the Citizenship Act, introduced this morning as Bill […]
Rights watchdog that won assisted-dying case reacts to Joint Committee recommendations to implement the Carter decision
OTTAWA – Grace Pastine, Litigation Director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), reacted this morning to the release of report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying. […]
Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Canada to rule in human smuggling case
Ottawa – The Supreme Court of Canada will issue its decisions tomorrow in a series of cases concerning provisions in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) relating to “human […]
Media Advisory: BC Civil Liberties Association at Supreme Court of Canada in World Bank case
November 5, 2015 For immediate release Ottawa – Tomorrow, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments in World Bank Group v. Kevin Wallace et al. The issue in this […]
