Accountability now
This morning, a veritable who’s who of Canada’s leading jurists and public officials issued a powerful statement calling for robust national security review and oversight. This case for accountability […]
Supreme Court closes physician-assisted dying debate
Originally published by Impact Ethics and reproduced with permission. J.S. Russell and D.A. Browne discuss the Supreme Court of Canada’s historic decision to strike down the ban on physician-assisted dying. […]
The death with dignity decision explained
A brief synopsis of Lee Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) In February 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada, in a unanimous decision, confirmed that Canadians have the constitutional right to […]
Reasons to worry about the new, unnecessary anti-terror bill
On Friday, the federal government introduced Bill C-51, the Anti-terrorism Act 2015, which will dramatically expand the powers of Canada’s national security agencies and violate the rights of Canadians […]
Solitary confinement on trial
A guest blog by Lisa Kerr A version of this blog appeared in The National Post. A new day has come in the fight to end excessive forms of prisoner […]
A right to exist: BCCLA joins Abbotsford homeless case calling for equal access to public space
In 1894, French novelist Anatole France wrote: “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the […]
(A few) changes worth celebrating: update on non-conviction information and police information checks
We got word this week that the provincial government has finally released the new province-wide policy on the kind of information that can be disclosed by the police on employment- and […]
New legislation needed to protect free expression from SLAPP suits
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) represent a real and present danger to the exercise of free expression in this province of British Columbia, and across Canada. British Columbians know […]
RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to international investigation on murdered & missing Indigenous women
VANCOUVER (Coast Salish Territories) – Today the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released the results of its investigation into the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls in British […]
Beware governments’ ‘big data’ promises – bringing cautionary tales from BC to the UK
The Birkbeck Law Review has just published a special issue of papers from their Privacy and Surveillance Conference. The conference, at Birkbeck, University of London, was thrilling to attend […]
