Over 200 Canadian Children Housed in Toronto Immigration Detention Facility since 2011
New report urges Canada to implement alternatives to detaining children, family separation (Ottawa, February 23, 2017) — Since 2011, Canada has housed more than two hundred Canadian children in detention […]
RCMP Northern BC Policing Investigation: First Nations and Human Rights Groups React
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) (February 15, 2017) – The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action and Justice for Girls responded this […]
Federal Court of Appeal: BCCLA Intervenes for Meaningful Charter Rights Review in Lawmaking
For immediate release OTTAWA – Tomorrow, February 8, 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal will hear oral arguments in Schmidt v Attorney General of Canada. The case is brought by […]
Court Challenges Program – BC Civil Liberties reacts / Programme de contestation judiciaire – Réaction de l’Association des libertés civiles de la C.-B.
(le français suit) OTTAWA (February 7, 2017) – This afternoon, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association reacted to the announcement by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of […]
Supreme Court to rule on challenge to BC’s election gag law
For immediate release Ottawa, ON – Tomorrow, January 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada will issue its decision in BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. Attorney General […]
Cour suprême : Recherches dans Google et libre expression – l’ALCCB affirme que la libre expression doit être protégée lorsque les tribunaux bloquent des résultats de recherche
Pour publication immédiate OTTAWA – Demain, le 6 décembre 2016, la Cour suprême du Canada entendra les plaidoiries dans la cause Google Inc c. Equustek Solutions Inc. qui remet en […]
Supreme Court: Google searches and free expression – BCCLA argues free expression must be protected when courts block search results
(Le français suit) For immediate release OTTAWA – Tomorrow, December 6, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear oral arguments in Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc., a case […]
Rights groups react to Federal Court decision on citizenship revocation moratorium
For immediate release VANCOUVER/TORONTO – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) are disappointed that the Federal Court has denied their application for a […]
BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to argue for stringent test to admit fragile evidence
For immediate release OTTAWA –Tomorrow, November 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear oral arguments in R. v. Bradshaw, a case that considers the threshold admissibility of hearsay […]
BCCLA to appear at Supreme Court of Canada in warrantless search and seizure case
For immediate release OTTAWA – Tomorrow, November 2, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear oral arguments in R. v. Paterson. Among other issues, the case considers whether there […]
