S7: The Combating Terrorism Act Strips Away Vital Protections
On April 24, 2013 Parliament passed Bill S-7, known as the Combating Terrorism Act. With this action, Parliament stripped away vital protections for citizens in favour of  unnecessary and ineffective […]
Family raise questions after police watchdog finds no fault in RCMP shooting of troubled war veteran
 By TheProvince.com Published on May 1, 2013  B.C.’s police watchdog has ruled that four RCMP officers acted appropriately when the attempted arrest of a distraught former soldier ended […]
Public Lives: What Eroding Privacy Means for Democracy
On November 14th, 2012 Policy Director Micheal Vonn delivered a full length address on the subject of the important interplay between privacy, surveillance, and democracy. Click here to hear the audio […]
Deportation Is Not Entertainment
On March 21, 2013 the BCCLA filed a formal complaint with the federal Privacy Commissioner on behalf of a migrant worker who had been filmed for the Canada Border Services Agency’s […]
How the New Medical Cannabis Regulations Are Set to Throw Patients Under the Bus
Canada was among the very first countries to acknowledge a constitutional right for qualified patients to use medical cannabis. It’s almost as if the federal government decided that as […]
Complaint filed with federal privacy watchdog over on-camera immigration raid
 By Rebekah Funk/News1130.com Published on March 21, 2013  VANCOUVER – A migrant worker who unwittingly starred in a reality television show about Canadian border guards was already back […]
Civil liberties group says Canada Border Services violated rights of migrant worker
 By Jessica Barrett/VancouverSun.com Published on March 20, 2013  Oscar Mata was one of eight men arrested by CBSA agents on March 13 while working at a construction site […]
Challenging voter ID laws: BCCLA talks to CBC’s Power & Politics
Nothing is more fundamental to our democracy than the right to vote. Changes to the Elections Act may deny some of the most vulnerable in our society from making their […]
