BC Civil Rights Group Calls for Independent Oversight of Federal Border Agency
By The Canadian Press for The Vancouver Sun / http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Rights+group+calls+independent+oversight+federal+border+agency/9582352/story.html Published on March 5, 2014 Â VANCOUVER – A B.C.-based civil rights group is renewing its call for independent oversight […]
Call for oversight of border police ignored, B.C. group says
By The Canadian Press for the Globe and Mail / http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/call-for-oversight-of-border-police-ignored-bc-group-says/article17321112/ Published on Mar. 05 2014 A B.C.-based civil rights group is renewing its call for independent oversight of the […]
Mentally ill inmates increasingly held in solitary confinement at Canadian prisons
By Travis Lupick  / The Georgia Straight http://www.straight.com/news/602746/mentally-ill-inmates-increasingly-held-solitary-confinement-canadian-prisons Published March 6, 2014 This article is the second in a three-part series. Part one is available here: “Deaths in solitary […]
Seven Years of Inaction: Rights organizations call for oversight mechanism in response to CBSA abuses
Public inquiry recommended oversight in 2006 – no action since that time The BC Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Council for Refugees and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers today […]
Border Police in Dire Need of Independent Oversight
By Josh Paterson and Leslie Stalker Death of a Mexican woman held by Canada Border Services Agency in Vancouver airport highlights the need for independent review. Human rights organizations concerned […]
Victory at the BC Court of Appeal on civil forfeiture procedure
Vancouver – On February 21, 2014, the BC Court of Appeal released an oral judgment in Director of Civil Forfeiture v. Lloydsmith. This case concerns a claim made by the […]
Eight years of federal inaction: Groups to call for independent oversight of Canada Border Services Agency
Vancouver – It has been eight years since the Arar Commission of Inquiry recommended that an independent review agency oversee certain activities of the Canada Border Services Agency. No action […]
BC’s Drinking and Driving Law Improperly Criminalizes Residents
Updated October 27, 2015 In 2010, British Columbia changed its drinking and driving law to create stricter penalties for impaired drivers. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who thinks […]
BC Appeal Court refuses to water down province’s drunk driving laws
By Vivian Luk / The Canadian Press http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/b-c-appeal-court-refuses-to-water-down-province-s-drunk-driving-laws-1.1712306 Published on March 3, 2014  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Appeal Court has refused to water down the province’s tough drunk-driving laws that […]
B.C. court backs drunk-driving bans
By Michael Mui / 24 Hours Vancouver Published on March 3, 2014 B.C. Civil Liberties Association lawyer Raji Mangat speaks to reporters outside the B.C. Court of Appeal on Monday. (JASON […]
