BCCLA urges City of Vancouver to facilitate, not evict, the demonstration in Oppenheimer Park
The BCCLA is urging the City of Vancouver to facilitate the ‘tent city’ demonstration happening in Oppenheimer Park. The media is reporting that the demonstrators have been issued notices to […]
Sex workers and rights watchdog call on the Minister of Justice to refer Bill C-36 to the Supreme Court of Canada
VANCOUVER [July 9, 2014] — The Providing Alternatives, Counselling & Education (PACE) Society and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) are appearing before the Justice and Human Rights Committee today […]
Hundreds of legal experts call on federal government to reconsider proposed prostitution laws
The release below was issued by our allies at the Pivot Legal Society. BCCLA lawyers Carmen Cheung, Grace Pastine, Josh Paterson and Raji Mangat signed the letter, along with our […]
BCCLA successfully applies to vary publication ban in criminal case that raises alleged concerns about police tactics
Vancouver – The BCCLA appeared in B.C. Supreme Court today to challenge a publication ban order in a case involving a Surrey couple, John Stuart Nuttall and Amanda Korody, who […]
Update: Equal Citizenship for All Canadians
C-24 Threatens Equal Citizenship In February the federal government put forward Bill C-24, introducing sweeping changes to Canada’s citizenship laws. This new law will turn Canadian citizenship law upside down, […]
Ready for takeoff?
An important victory in an important case south of the border last week – a federal court in Oregon struck down the US government’s redress procedure for challenging inclusion on […]
New citizenship law will be challenged on constitutional grounds, if passed, say rights groups
TORONTO (June 19, 2014) – The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL), supported by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), announced today that it plans to launch a legal […]
BCCLA reacts to Independent Investigations Office appointing civilian review of Matters case
VANCOUVER – Josh Paterson, Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted this afternoon to the appointment of a civilian monitor to review its investigation of the shooting death […]
One Year Later: Global Analysis of the Snowden Revelations
As the old gag starts out, “Well, I got good news and I’ve got bad news”. The good news is that lots and lots has happened as a result of […]
The BCCLA reacts to government plans to monitor every protest in the country
Yesterday it was reported in the media that the federal Government Operations Centre (GOC) is calling on all federal departments to compile information on all protests in the country. Not […]
