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FEATURED COMMENTARY

Canada’s Mass Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples – Part 1

Written by Safiyya Ahmad While the BCCLA works towards systemic change in the criminal legal...

Racial profiling law: justice for one man but a system left unaccountable

It’s a rare day when Crown prosecutors admit that a criminal conviction was wrongly decided....

The Arrest Handbook Series: Privacy, Phones, Protest & Police

When The Arrest Handbook was last updated in 2012, smartphones were still relatively new: the...

Bill C-5: Canada’s Failure to Address the Mass Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples – Part 2

The BCCLA continues to fight against the mass incarceration of Indigenous Peoples by the Canadian...

Pulling Back the Curtain on Canada’s Mass Surveillance Programs – Part Two: The CSE Secret Spying Archive

Read Part 1: Pulling Back the Curtain on Canada’s Mass Surveillance Programs – Part One:...