Editorial: Bigger Brother
By North Shore News Published February 12, 2014 In case you missed it on Tuesday, along with a federal budget in Ottawa, a speech from the throne in Victoria, and […]
Youth faces forfeiture case over drug buy
By Sunny Dhillon/theglobeandmail.com British Columbia’s Civil Forfeiture Office is attempting to seize a vehicle from a youth over a $20 crack transaction, arguing it is permitted to confiscate the car […]
Canada’s Spies Are Out of Control
By Christopher Malmo/ Vice.com Published February 11, 2014   here was an alarming lack of sustained outrage when it was revealed that CSEC, Canada’s NSA, was testing out a spying program […]
CSEC Wi-Fi snooping experiment prompts calls for review
By CBC News/cbc.ca A B.C. MP is calling for an independent review of the activities of Canada’s electronic spy agency, after CBC News revealed this week that the agency conducted an experiment tracking internet […]
Spy agency’s work with CSIS, RCMP fuels fears of privacy breaches
By Colin Freeze/theglobeandmail.com Canada’s foreign-intelligence surveillance agency received nearly 300 requests for assistance from domestic security agencies over a four-year period – a degree of collaboration that is raising alarm […]
Questions raised over Canada Border Services Agency’s handling of in-custody death at YVR
By Travis Lupick/straight.com The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has said it is troubled by the circumstances around the death of a Mexican woman who was in the custody of the […]
It’s easy – perhaps too easy – for B.C. authorities to seize property worth less than $75,000
By Sunny Dhillon/theglobeandmail.com By the time Morgan Fane’s client had received the letter from the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office indicating his property was being seized, the deadline to respond had […]
Petition launched, Vancouver vigil planned after Mexican woman dies in CBSA custody
By The Province/theprovince.com VANCOUVER — Many questions remain surrounding the death of a Mexican woman who had been held by Canada Border Services Agency at Vancouver’s airport, and the agency […]
Death in a holding cell; Richmond Mounties’ investigation found no criminal matter
By Kim Pemberton/richmond-news.com Lucia Vega Jimenez was picked up by Transit police in December for not paying her fare. She was placed in a holding cell at YVR, unwatched, to […]
Supreme Court of Canada upholds changes to Elections Act
By Hayley Cooper/news1130.com VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The BC Civil Liberties Association says it’s disappointed a judge has dismissed an appeal to changes to Canada’s Elections Act. Raji Mangat with the […]
