Yet another reason to oppose mandatory minimum sentences
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in the Criminal Justice System As one of its 94 calls to action,[1] the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools called on “the […]
The BCCLA is hiring an Operations Manager!
The BC Civil Liberties Association seeks an Operations Manager to support us in achieving our human rights and civil liberties mandate through the design, implementation and management of office […]
Art for a Cause
In 2014, the BC Civil Liberties Association honoured one outspoken voice with a Liberty award for Excellence in the Arts for her refusal to sit idly by while her work […]
BCCLA statement on hate speech prosecution in Quesnel
The BC Civil Liberties Association is concerned about the situation of Arthur Topham, a BC resident who is being prosecuted under section 319(2) of the Criminal Code, which criminalizes speech […]
Coalition on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Demands Provincial Accountability for Deleted Emails regarding Highway of Tears
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C.- October 27, 2015) A Coalition on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls is extremely upset that the BC Information and Privacy Commissioner has found that […]
Election Shenanigans
On Saturday, I volunteered as an observer at one of the advance election polls. I watched hundreds of people wait in line to cast their ballot, and it was pretty […]
Bill C-24 Tells Millions of Canadians they are Somehow Less Canadian than Others
Bill C-24 came into effect earlier this year, turning millions of Canadians born abroad (or whose parents or grandparents were born abroad) into second-class citizens. The way this law has […]
Death with dignity update: delay is not an option
It’s been eight months since our historic victory before the Supreme Court of Canada affirming the right for the seriously and incurably ill to seek physician assistance in dying. At […]
Abbotsford trial comes to a close
This week, final arguments came to a close in BC/Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors (DWS) v Abbotsford (City). This was a landmark six-week trial in which a group of […]
BCCLA letter to RCMP: Respect Indigenous rights and the Constitution
For immediate release Vancouver (Coast Salish Territories) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is deeply concerned about unconfirmed and troubling reports of a possible plan by RCMP to remove a group […]
