BCCLA condemns Elections Canada for prosecuting ballot eaters
Three members of the Edmonton Edible Ballot Society will be in Edmonton Provincial Court tomorrow, January 11, 2002, to face charges under the Canada Elections Act of having destroyed their […]
BCCLA’s brickbats and bouquets for 2001
The BCCLA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2001 Brickbats and Bouquets awards, given annually to the best defenders and worst offenders of civil liberties in British Columbia. […]
Text of John Dixon’s talk at a Vancouver area mosque following the attack on the World Trade Centre
By John Dixon Thank you for this opportunity to speak to you. It has been, and is, a terrible time. The violent, spectacular, incomprehensible loss of life in N.Y. and […]
BCCLA calls for prime ministerial accountability for political interference at APEC
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling on the Prime Minister to take full responsibility for the federal government’s political interference with policing measures at APEC. The Association’s demand is […]
Civil liberties group condemns Kelowna’s second surveillance camera
Kelowna has its second surveillance camera aimed at city streets. And unlike the first camera, which was installed by the RCMP, this camera is in private hands. The Association has […]
BCCLA argues for democratic accountability of police undercover operation
Today the B.C. Civil Liberties Association appears as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in a challenge to a publication ban of evidence given during the trial of […]
Questions for the census takers, an editorial in Victoria’s Times Colonist by Andrew Irvine
“Canada’s so-called ’Employment Equity’ laws long ago adopted the Orwellian practice of building lies into their very names…. Citizens are thus placed in the position of being required by law […]
New law takes the starch out of attempts to suppress critics
This month, B.C.’s Protection for Public Participation Act because Canada’s first anti-SLAPP legislation, and perhaps one of North America’s most robust and innovative laws of the type. British Columbians know […]
A scarlet letter solution is a crooked route to take on drunken drivers
From the January 12, 2001 Vancouver Sun By Craig Jones There is no doubt that police initiatives are taking a bite out of drunk driving. What was once sadly commonplace, […]
Civil liberties group announces brickbats and bouquets for year 2000
Our third annual reporting of the best defenders of and worst offenders against civil liberties in British Columbia. Brickbats The Ministry of the Attorney General for introducing the Secure Care […]