Privacy and Police Record Checks: We Need New Laws Now.
The Privacy Commissioner has come out strongly against the disclosure of non-conviction information on police information checks. Now we just have to convince the legislature to turn her recommendations into […]
The Value of Vouching: Why The (Un)Fair Elections Act Will Disenfranchise Vulnerable Canadians
On April 2nd, 2014  the BCCLA sent Counsel Raji Mangat to Parliament to argue that proposed amendments to the Canada Elections Act are unconstitutional and undemocratic. Our main concern with the proposed […]
Police investigating the police: Canada’s top court demands transparency from police
If a police officer witnesses a bank robbery, do you think he should consult a lawyer before he writes his notes of the event? Most Canadians would say no. Would […]
Federal Sex Work Laws Consultation
For more than 35 years the BC Civil Liberties Association has maintained that the exchange of sex for money should not be criminalized. The Supreme Court’s decision in December 2013 to […]
Border Police in Dire Need of Independent Oversight
By Josh Paterson and Leslie Stalker Death of a Mexican woman held by Canada Border Services Agency in Vancouver airport highlights the need for independent review. Human rights organizations concerned […]
BC’s Drinking and Driving Law Improperly Criminalizes Residents
Updated October 27, 2015 In 2010, British Columbia changed its drinking and driving law to create stricter penalties for impaired drivers. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who thinks […]
Fighting For the Free Internet
Tomorrow, the BC Civil Liberties Association and OpenMedia.ca will take part in a social media town hall on the subject of spying. As organizations concerned about privacy, and aware of the expansive […]
The Day The World Fought Back
In the last year, the world has learned that mass surveillance by governments knows no bounds. Today, February 11th, internet users around the world are standing together. Today, individuals, civil […]
IN MEMORIAM – Dr. Gary Romalis
Dr. Gary Romalis, who began providing abortions in 1972 – long before the Morgentaler decision of 1988, died on Feb. 2nd of an illness. He survived two attempts on his […]
If It Ain’t Broke… Voter ID Rules Undemocratic and Unnecessary
As the old adage goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But that’s exactly what the government decided to do back in 2007 when amendments to voting laws came […]
