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Is Canada’s Government Keeping a File on You? Our New ATIP Resource Can Help You Find Out!
The Access to Information Act allows individuals and groups to access information held by federal government bodies, but preparing an Access to Information (ATI) request and the follow-up process can be confusing.
Supreme Court of Canada to hear case about disclosure of Canadians’ private communications to foreign authorities
Ottawa – On April 22, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments in Wakeling et al. v. Canada on behalf of the U.S.A et al. The BCCLA is […]
Candidates for Election to the Board of Directors
The candidates listed below are standing for election or re-election to the Board of Directors of the BCCLA. The BCCLA Board of Directors The BCCLA Board of Directors is at […]
Privacy and Police Record Checks: We Need New Laws Now.
The Privacy Commissioner has come out strongly against the disclosure of non-conviction information on police information checks. Now we just have to convince the legislature to turn her recommendations into […]
Supreme Court of Canada to rule on sentencing rights of prisoners
Ottawa – The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on Friday, April 11, 2014 in R. v. Carvery and R. v. Summers. The BCCLA is an intervener in […]
The Value of Vouching: Why The (Un)Fair Elections Act Will Disenfranchise Vulnerable Canadians
On April 2nd, 2014  the BCCLA sent Counsel Raji Mangat to Parliament to argue that proposed amendments to the Canada Elections Act are unconstitutional and undemocratic. Our main concern with the proposed […]
Election bill committee hears from civil libertarians, academics
By Kady O’Malley / CBC Published on April 2, 2014 As the parliamentary work week hits the halfway point, MPs will disappear behind the closed doors of caucus for their […]
BCCLA files CSEC suit
By Tara Gostelow / CFJC tv Published on April 2, 2014 The bad news is: CSEC may have been spying on you. The good news is: you could get paid […]
BC Services Card may become omnibus-style ID
By Bob Mackin / The Tyee Published April 2, 2014 The B.C. Services Card could become the omnibus identity card that B.C. Civil Liberties Association warned about at a 2013 conference. […]
