History of the BCCLA’s involvement in Afghan Detainee issues
June 27, 2012 Update:  The Military Police Complaints Commission (“MPCC”) released its Final Report following its inquiry into the conduct of the military police relating to the transfer of detainees […]
Surrendered
Last week, Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson ordered the surrender of Hassan Diab to the Republic of France. As readers of these pages will know, Mr. Diab is a Canadian […]
No means no, redux
Just when it looks like the ministerial directives at CSIS couldn’t get more troubling, Jim Bronskill and his Access to Information requests uncover ever more disturbing material. As readers of […]
Read before crossing
If you’re like us at the BCCLA National Security Blog, you store a lot of personal and private information on your laptops, smart phones, and other portable electronic devices. Today, […]
What’s bogus?
The government is keeping us busy this week. Two days after tabling the “lawful access” bill, government tabled Bill C-31, the so-called “Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act”, a draconian overhaul […]
Access this
This morning, the government tabled its so-called “lawful access” bill — which, if enacted, would enormously expand the ability of law enforcement agencies to engage in telecommunications surveillance (and for […]
No means no
Jim Bronskill is reporting today on a December 2010 directive recently obtained under the Access to Information Act, in which Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has apparently informed CSIS that […]
Report: legal protections needed to catch-up with genetic technology
The BCCLA is issuing a report today that calls for legal protections to catch-up with advances in genetic technology. Genetic technologies have inherent risks because they provide highly sensitive information […]
Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but it isn’t, it ain’t.
Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic. (1) Happy 2012 from the BCCLA National […]
Extraordinary assistance
The CBC is reporting today that U.S. flight logs show Canadian involvement in CIA extraordinary rendition flights: Reprieve, based in London, said a chartered plane long suspected of transferring prisoners […]
