BCCLA Response to New BC Travel Restrictions (COVID-19) Order No. 2
We are supportive of measures taken to reduce travel and enable people and communities to stay safe from COVID-19. Our major concern with this new order is related to its […]
Proposed property seizure law erodes civil rights
Imagine a future in which the government can force you to explain how you obtained any piece of property you own, without needing to show any link to criminal activity. […]
Civil Liberties, Indigenous Rights, and Community Groups Respond to BC Travel Restrictions Order
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER/ (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, April 23, 2021 –  Civil Liberties, Indigenous and Community organizations are responding to the Travel Restrictions (COVID-19) Order […]
BCCLA Reacts: Supreme Court of Canada Dismisses Police Entrapment Case
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories – The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal concerning police entrapment in an oral ruling from the bench on April 13, 2021. The BC Civil Liberties […]
Bill C-22 Aims to Address Systemic Overrepresentation in the Criminal Legal System, but Does it Go Far Enough?
Last month, the federal government tabled Bill C-22, proposing several amendments to Canada’s criminal law and drug laws. The bill proposes removing mandatory minimums for all drug offences under the […]
Stopping Alberta’s Assault on Democracy During the Pandemic
What is happening? Alberta’s Bill 10 is one of the most far-reaching responses to the COVID-19 pandemic made by a provincial government. The Alberta government, led by Jason Kenney’s United Conservative […]
Press Release: Civil Liberties Group Files Argument in RCMP Commissioner Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (le français suit) April 1, 2021 – Ottawa, ON (Unceded Algonquin Anishnaabeg Territory) – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) filed its written argument in its […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA at Federal Court of Appeal to defend free expression in website blocking case
For Immediate Release WHAT:Â BCCLA at Federal Court of Appeal to intervene in case of Teksavvy Solutions Inc v Bell Media Inc. to raise free expression concerns against “site-blocking” orders WHEN:Â March […]
Indigenous Youth Condemn VPD Brutality and Charges Laid for Peaceful Sit-In; Call on Canada to End Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2021, (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C – On Friday February 19, Indigenous youth with the group Braided Warriors were violently removed and […]
Human Rights Complainants Give New VPD Street Check Audit a Failing Grade in Annotated Response; Call on Vancouver Police Board to Ban Street Checks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2021, (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C – A coalition of organizations is giving the Vancouver Police Department’s first annual audit of street […]