PRESS RELEASE: Wet’suwet’en, BCCLA, and UBCIC Release Explosive Letter Revealing BC Solicitor General Authorizing RCMP Deployment, Contradicting Public Statements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER/ (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lĚ“ilwÉ™taʔɬ/selĚ“Ălwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, March 6, 2020 – Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, BC Civil Liberties Association and Union of BC Indian Chiefs are […]
BCCLA reacts: New MAID legislation a mixed bag for patients’ rights and compassionate care
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) reacts to the legislation the federal government tabled to amend Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) law, Bill […]
PRESS RELEASE: BCCLA raises serious concerns about privacy rights at B.C.’s public inquiry into money laundering
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER, B.C. – On February 25, 2020, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) will make its opening statement to the Cullen Commission, the public inquiry into […]
A Thank You Message from Harsha Walia, BCCLA Executive Director
Dear friends and supporters, Thank you for the warm welcome I have received as I step into the role of the Executive Director of the BCCLA. I have partnered with […]
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 […]