The Ministry of Public Safety and Security and the Attorney General of Ontario v. The Criminal Lawyers Association
The BCCLA intervened at the Supreme Court of Canada to argue that without access to the government information citizens cannot freely express themselves. The case concerned the Ontario Provincial Police’s […]
Chatterjee v. Attorney General of Ontario
Ward v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia and Ward v. City of Vancouver
These cases concerned whether compensatory damages can be awarded for a violation of rights guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The appeals stem from a case brought by […]
Elmasry and Habib v. Rogers Publishing Ltd. and MacQueen
This complaint before the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal alleged that the publication of an article titled “Why The Future Belongs to Islam” in Maclean’s Magazine and website amounted to discrimination […]
Frank Paul Inquiry
This public inquiry is investigating the death of Mr. Frank Paul, a 47 year-old homeless Mi’kmaq man who died in an alley after being left there by police in December […]
PHS Community Services Society v. Canada (Attorney General) and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users v. Canada (Attorney General)
The recent decision of the B. C. Supreme Court granted a supervised injection facility, Insite, located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a permanent constitutional exemption from prosecution under federal drug laws. […]
Khadr v. Canada (Minister of Justice)
This decision of the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that the Charter binds Canadian officials when operating abroad, where Canada would also be acting in contravention of its obligations under […]
Complainant v. The Wild Coyote Club (Inquiry under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act)
The Wild Coyote Club required patrons, upon entering the club, to provide a driver’s licence which is then scanned into a computer, and to allow the club to take a […]
Simpson v. Mair and WIC Radio Ltd.
This appeal concerned the free speech rights of a speaker on a matter of public interest. The defendant Mair read an editorial he had written on his radio show, in […]
Hayes v. Barker
The BC Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the BC Human Rights Tribunal to accept a human rights complaint for filing. Peter Hayes brought a complaint against the Vancouver […]
