Press Release:  Fight continues against secret hearings in challenge to CSIS spying on environmental groups  Â
For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON (unceded Anishinabe Algonquin Territory) – The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has appealed a recent Federal Court decision related to our 10-year fight for […]
Press Release: BCCLA celebrates Supreme Court of Canada decision upholding privacy rights in schools
Ottawa, ON (unceded Anishinabe Algonquin Territory) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in York Region District School Board v Elementary Teachers’ Federation […]
Pro-Palestine community members detail police brutality and suppression; continue calls for arms embargo with Israel
sÉ™lĚ“ĂlwÉ™taʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xĘ·məθkwÉ™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), and SkwxwĂş7mesh (Squamish) Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) Pro-Palestine community members who were violently dispersed from a rail blockade in East Vancouver on May 31, 2024 spoke out […]
REMINDER – Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement
Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement; lawyers detail avenues being pursued to demand accountability from VPD. […]
Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement
For Immediate Release Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement; lawyers detail avenues being pursued to demand […]
BCCLA and OpenMedia React: Bill S-210 leaving committee stage without adequate study
Vancouver, BC / unceded Coast Salish Territories – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and OpenMedia are disappointed that the House Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (“SECU”) […]
BC Civil Liberties Association 2023 Annual Report
Throughout 2023, the BCCLA persisted in our fight to uphold freedom and justice across Canada, sharpening our focus on the inextricable connection between civil liberties and human rights. The BCCLA’s […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to defend the right of voters to be informed
WHAT: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in Attorney General of Ontario v Working Families Coalition (Canada) Inc., et al. to argue that the right to vote cannot […]
BCCLA disappointed by Supreme Court of Canada decision upholding the military court martial system
Ottawa, ON (unceded territory of the Algonquin/OmĂ mìwininìwag) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is disappointed in today’s Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) decision in R v Edwards et al, […]
2024 Budget Fails People with Disabilities
The BC Civil Liberties Association joins the chorus of persons with disabilities (PWD) and disability advocacy groups in expressing our profound disappointment in the federal government’s failure to make good […]