By Global Research News / http://www.globalresearch.ca/rcmp-csis-spy-on-enbridge-pipeline-opponents-native-groups-environmentalists/5372328 Published on March 07, 2014 The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) filed two complaints today against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The complaints allege … Read More
Media Coverage
Civil Liberties Association renews calls for Border Services oversight
Posted onBy Andrea Woo / The Globe and mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/call-for-oversight-of-border-police-ignored-bc-group-says/article17321112/ Published on March 5, 2014 Canada Border Services Agency accused of failing to act on 800-page report released seven years ago Ten years ago, after Canadian citizen Maher Arar was deported … Read More
Request for privacy law changes worries BCCLA
Posted onBy Jason Howe / http://www.news1130.com/2014/03/02/request-for-privacy-law-changes-worries-bccla/ Published on March 2, 2014 VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Amid a rise in mental health cases, Vancouver police are calling for privacy law changes. Civil liberties advocates are concerned and want clarity about the kind of … Read More
Rights groups want independent CBSA watchdog
Posted onBy Thomas Molander/ News 1130 http://www.news1130.com/2014/03/05/rights-groups-want-independent-cbsa-watchdog/ Published March 5, 2014 VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The BC Civil Liberties Association is again stressing the need for an independent body that can review complaints and monitor the actions of the Canada Border Services … Read More
BC Civil Rights Group Calls for Independent Oversight of Federal Border Agency
Posted onBy The Canadian Press for The Vancouver Sun / http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Rights+group+calls+independent+oversight+federal+border+agency/9582352/story.html Published on March 5, 2014 VANCOUVER – A B.C.-based civil rights group is renewing its call for independent oversight of the agency that polices Canada’s borders. The B.C. Civil … Read More
Call for oversight of border police ignored, B.C. group says
Posted onBy The Canadian Press for the Globe and Mail / http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/call-for-oversight-of-border-police-ignored-bc-group-says/article17321112/ Published on Mar. 05 2014 A B.C.-based civil rights group is renewing its call for independent oversight of the agency that polices Canada’s borders. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association … Read More
Mentally ill inmates increasingly held in solitary confinement at Canadian prisons
Posted onBy Travis Lupick / The Georgia Straight http://www.straight.com/news/602746/mentally-ill-inmates-increasingly-held-solitary-confinement-canadian-prisons Published March 6, 2014 This article is the second in a three-part series. Part one is available here: “Deaths in solitary confinement prompt B.C. coroner’s inquest and calls for reform”. Look … Read More
BC Appeal Court refuses to water down province’s drunk driving laws
Posted onBy Vivian Luk / The Canadian Press http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/b-c-appeal-court-refuses-to-water-down-province-s-drunk-driving-laws-1.1712306 Published on March 3, 2014 VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Appeal Court has refused to water down the province’s tough drunk-driving laws that allow for heavy fines, penalties and immediate roadside suspensions. The … Read More
B.C. court backs drunk-driving bans
Posted onBy Michael Mui / 24 Hours Vancouver Published on March 3, 2014 B.C. Civil Liberties Association lawyer Raji Mangat speaks to reporters outside the B.C. Court of Appeal on Monday. (JASON LANG/24 HOURS) “No one is for drinking and driving, but … Read More
Drinking and driving law upheld by B.C. Court of Appeal
Posted onCBC News / http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drinking-and-driving-law-upheld-by-b-c-court-of-appeal-1.2557913 Published March,3 2014 The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the constitutionality of automatic penalties under B.C.’s drinking and driving law. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association had argued in court that automatic penalties under the drinking and … Read More
