Join us in welcoming the new members of BCCLA team. Amy and Melissa will support us in virtual engagement, outreach, and event planning. We are very excited to have them on board! Learn more about them below. Melissa is currently … Read More
Features Blog
Welcome to Our New Articling Student!
Posted onThe BCCLA is happy to welcome Stephen Chin to the team as our new articling student! Help us in extending a warm welcome, and learn more about him below. Welcome Stephen! Stephen Chin, Articling Student Stephen Chin joined the BCCLA … Read More
An Announcement from the BCCLA’s new President and Vice President
Posted onDear friends and supporters, We are writing to you as the new, incoming President and Vice President of the BC Civil Liberties Association. This may come as news to some of you, but Lindsay Lyster was appointed to the Supreme … Read More
What We Won for Free Expression at the Supreme Court of Canada
Posted onIn an important victory for free expression rights, the Supreme Court of Canada has issued strong rulings supporting the broad scope of Ontario’s anti-SLAPP suit law. The BCCLA intervened in these significant court cases to support freedom of expression and … Read More
Taking the Call to Ban Police Street Checks to the Vancouver Police Board
Posted onThe BC Civil Liberties Association, Black Lives Matter-Vancouver, Hogan’s Alley Society, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and WISH Drop-In Centre Society continue to call for an END to police street checks in Vancouver and across BC. Our next stop is … Read More
4 Reasons We Are Concerned About BC’s COVID-19 Law
Posted onThe BC government has been given broad new emergency powers with the passage of Bill 19, the COVID-19 Related Measures Act. Under the Act, the government can temporarily change any legislation during an emergency, without any oversight from the public … Read More
Policing, Privacy & Parks: The Latest at the BCCLA
Posted onEvery BCCLA staff meeting over videoconference, I am left speechless at the dizzying pace of my co-workers and the mind-bending issues they raise for us to advocate and litigate. Take, for example, our legal intervention at the Federal Court of … Read More
BCCLA is Cautious of Government’s Contact-Tracing Announcement
Posted onThe federal government recently announced that it has chosen a digital contact tracing application to recommend across the country, expected later this summer. In his press conference on June 18, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicated that the federal government … Read More
Motion to End Street Checks Going to Vancouver City Council
Posted onIf you are in Vancouver, there is a motion regarding street checks going to City Council on Tuesday, July 7th. The motion is B2 Ending Street Checks in Vancouver. Because City Council does not have explicit jurisdiction to do so … Read More
Welcome to Our New Summer Law Students!
Posted onWe’re pleased to welcome our new Summer Law Students, Harry Critchley and Leila Nasr to the BCCLA team! Please join us in extending them a warm welcome, and learn more about them below. Harry Critchley Harry joins the BCCLA as a … Read More
