Press Release: Power v Canada decision rejects absolute immunity for lawmakers
For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON (unceded Anishinabe Algonquin Territory) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is heartened by the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Attorney General of Canada v […]
Press Release:  Fight continues against secret hearings in challenge to CSIS spying on environmental groups  Â
For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON (unceded Anishinabe Algonquin Territory) – The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has appealed a recent Federal Court decision related to our 10-year fight for […]
Pro-Palestine community members detail police brutality and suppression; continue calls for arms embargo with Israel
sÉ™lĚ“ĂlwÉ™taʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xĘ·məθkwÉ™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), and SkwxwĂş7mesh (Squamish) Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) Pro-Palestine community members who were violently dispersed from a rail blockade in East Vancouver on May 31, 2024 spoke out […]
REMINDER – Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement
Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement; lawyers detail avenues being pursued to demand accountability from VPD. […]
Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement
For Immediate Release Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement; lawyers detail avenues being pursued to demand […]
BCCLA disappointed by Supreme Court of Canada decision upholding the military court martial system
Ottawa, ON (unceded territory of the Algonquin/OmĂ mìwininìwag) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is disappointed in today’s Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) decision in R v Edwards et al, […]
Press Release: Seven Years Later and We are Still Waiting for Justice for Dale Culver
Prince George, BC (unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation) – In July 2017, Dale Culver, a 35-year-old Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan man was killed by the RCMP in Prince […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA intervening at Quebec Court of Appeal to end racial profiling through traffic stops
WHAT: BCCLA at the Court of Appeal of Quebec to intervene in Attorney General of Quebec v Luamba et al to end police racial profiling on the road WHEN: March 5 and 6, […]
BCCLA Reacts: BC Supreme Court rules in favor of transparency regarding the public’s right to access information under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Vancouver, BC (Unceded Coast Salish Territories) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) welcomes the Supreme Court of British Columbia’s decision in British Columbia (Minister of Public Safety) v. British […]
Press Release: BCCLA urges immediate financial assistance for Persons with Disabilities while Canada Disability Benefit in limbo
(XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is calling on the federal government to provide desperately needed interim and retroactive financial assistance […]
