MEDIA ADVISORY: BCCLA to make opening statement to Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia, urging that the civil liberties and privacy rights of everyday Canadians be taken into account Â
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER – From Monday, February 24, 2020 to Wednesday, February 26, 2020, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association will be making its opening statement to the Cullen […]
MEDIA ADVISORY OF PRESS CONFERENCE: Wet’suwet’en, BCCLA and UBCIC Release CRCC Chairperson Response Regarding RCMP Exclusion Zone
For Immediate Release WHAT: Citing significant public interest in the matter, the Chairperson of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) for the RCMP, Michelaine Lahaie, has issued a response […]
Civil Liberties and Human Rights Complainants Oppose VPD Street Check Recommendations; Disagree with Key Findings of Street Check Review
For Immediate Release Vancouver – The BC Civil Liberties Association, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and Black Lives Matter-Vancouver are highly concerned about the key findings of a Vancouver Police […]
Press Release: Supreme Court of Canada Decides to Hear Solitary Confinement Case
For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – Today, the Supreme Court of Canada announced that it will hear the case about the constitutionality of prolonged, indefinite solitary confinement: Attorney General of […]
PRESS RELEASE: BCCLA and UBCIC Highly Alarmed at Increasing Police Powers in Wet’suwet’en; File Complaint about RCMP Exclusion Zone
For Immediate Release Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association and Union of BC Indian Chiefs are highly alarmed at the at the expanding nature of […]
MEDIA ADVISORY OF PRESS CONFERENCE: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Leadership, BCCLA, UBCIC and Legal Coalition file complaint about RCMP Checkpoint and Exclusion Zone
January 29, 2020 For Immediate Release WHAT: A coalition is calling on the Chairperson of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP to initiate a policy complaint and […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA to Respond to VPD Policy on Street Checks
For Immediate Release What: BCCLA media scrum to comment to VPD’s Conducting and Documenting Street Checks and Police Stops Policy When: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 12:30 pm PST Where: […]
Do corporations have the right to be free from cruelty?
Today, the BCCLA is heading to the Supreme Court of Canada to argue in a significant appeal about corporations and the Charter. This appeal will determine whether corporations can benefit […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA argues in Supreme Court of Canada case about the Charter rights of corporations.
For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 21, 2020 OTTAWA – On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association will make oral arguments at the Supreme Court of Canada […]
Urgent: Can you help us protect the right to die with dignity?
The federal government announced this week that it will make changes to Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying (MAID). It has just launched a consultation process and we need […]