Not my job (redux)
The BCCLA National Security blog is posting from sunny Ottawa today, where we finished up the last of the MPCC witnesses until hearings resume again in mid-June. Carmen Cheung, Counsel […]
Brigadier-General Laroche: “We had evidence that detainees were abused and tortured”
Today, the Military Police Complaints Commission heard testimony from Brigadier-General Guy Laroche, Commander of the Task Force in Afghanistan from November 2007 to May 2008. As we mentioned yesterday, BGen Laroche […]
This week at the MPCC
The Afghanistan Public Interest Hearings at the Military Police Complaints Commission continue this week before a month-long break while the Commission waits for the government to make the required document […]
BCCLA helps fight unfair government seizure rules in Yukon
(Vancouver) BCCLA executive board member Megan Vis-Dunbar presents today in Whitehorse, Yukon, to a citizens‟ group there opposing proposed civil forfeiture legislation. The proposed law would make it easy for […]
Supreme Court to rule on freedom of the press
Ottawa – On Friday, May 7, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in The National Post, et al v. Her Majesty the Queen, a case concerning […]
Commission to hear expert witnesses in Afghan detainee probe
Ottawa – On Thursday, May 6, 2010, the Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) will hear expert witnesses Professor Craig Forcese, of the University of Ottawa, and Professor Marco Sassoli, of […]
Students and BCCLA to fight censorship at U Vic
Youth Protecting Youth (YPY), a pro-life student club at the University of Victoria, has initiated a legal action against the University of Victoria Student Society in B.C. Supreme Court. The […]
CBSA laptop search documents
In late February, shortly after the story we posted about the Canada Border Services Agency delaying our request for documents on their policies on searching laptops and other personal electronics, […]
BCCLA co-sponsors doc on Canada’s anti-terrorism laws
Vancouver, B.C. – The BCCLA is pleased to be the community sponsor of a documentary on Canada’s anti-terrorism laws and the need for reform. Ghosts, presented at the DOXA film […]
No 72-hour detention without charge, says BCCLA
Vancouver, B.C. – The BCCLA is opposing a federal law that would move Canada from first in the world in guaranteeing a criminal charge within 24 hours of detention, to […]
