Federal Government and RCMP complaints body must take off-duty police misconduct seriously
The BCCLA is calling for a shake-up at the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP after the second shocking revelation about the oversight agency in the last two months. […]
Advocacy groups call on BC Representative for Children and Youth to review centralization of girls’ imprisonment
Three prominent rights organizations in B.C. have joined to ask the Representative for Children and Youth to review the B.C. Government’s proposal to transport all girl prisoners across the province […]
Report: legal protections needed to catch-up with genetic technology
The BCCLA is issuing a report today that calls for legal protections to catch-up with advances in genetic technology. Genetic technologies have inherent risks because they provide highly sensitive information […]
Access to justice for vulnerable groups at the Supreme Court of Canada
Ottawa – The Supreme Court of Canada will hear argument on whether or not “public interest” groups can file and argue complex constitutional litigation on behalf of vulnerable populations tomorrow. […]
Report says Canada moving towards a surveillance society with “Lawful Access” proposals
The BCCLA has issued a timely and comprehensive report on soon-to-be introduced “lawful access” bills to expand police surveillance powers. The federal government has announced that it will soon be […]
(Un)lawful Access? Vancouver Premiere & Panel Discussion
Micheal Vonn, Policy Director for the BC Civil Liberties Association, will speak at the Vancouver premiere of the mini-documentary (Un)Lawful Access? Canadian Experts on the State of Cyber-Surveillance. With the […]
BCCLA posts information on filing railway police complaint
The BCCLA has made publicly available information it has received through an Access to Information request about the process of filing a complaint concerning railway police conduct. To read how […]
BCCLA Calls on Canada to Facilitate UN Investigation
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling on Canada’s provincial and federal governments to support and facilitate a recently announced investigation of Canada by the United Nations. The Native Women’s […]
BCCLA to argue for protections of free expression on internet
Toronto – On Wednesday, December 14, 2011, the BCCLA will argue before the Federal Court in Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Warman, et al., a case concerning the constitutionality of […]
Father of Alvin Wright writes open letter to head of new police agency
The father of Alvin Wright has written an open letter to Richard Rosenthal, the head of the new Independent Investigation Office. He has requested that the BCCLA forward this letter […]
