Vancouver parking cops may get high-tech licence plate readers
By Jonathan Woodword/bc.ctvnews.ca The City of Vancouver is looking to spend $200,000 on high-tech licence plate readers to catch illegal parkers, following in the footsteps of several B.C.cities that have […]
Join our team: Winter Communications & Development Volunteer positions
Lend your energies to social justice! The BCCLA is seeking four individuals to join our team as Communications & Development Volunteers from January 15th to May 15th, 2014. The BCCLA is one of […]
BCCLA reacts to sentencing of RCMP officer convicted of aggravated assault
Vancouver – Josh Paterson, Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted today to the sentencing of RCMP Constable David Pompeo – the officer who shot unarmed Bill Gillespie […]
Sentencing decision for RCMP officer on December 5 in Duncan
In February of this year, Duncan RCMP officer David Pompeo was found guilty of aggravated assault in the 2009 shooting of Bill Gillespie. The court will rule on sentencing on […]
Conscientious Objection: the Writing and Speeches of Bob Rowan
On Conscientious Objection As you read this essay you will soon recognize that it heavily reflects its period of writing (completed in late 1968). WWII was only 23 years ago, […]
Government response to new CSEC allegations is inadequate
VANCOUVER, BC – The federal government responded for the first time yesterday to new revelations that Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) coordinated with the the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) […]
RCMP’s eyes in the sky spark civil liberties debate
By Emma Smith Published November 28th, 2013/ theglobeandmail.com “They weigh about the same as a bird and hover over accident scenes, a speck in the sky quietly filming a debris […]
Shocking revelations raise more questions about Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
VANCOUVER, BC – Last night, Canadians learned more about the covert spying operations of Canada’s ultra secretive electronic spy agency, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). These revelations add to mounting […]
West Vancouver woman acquitted of human trafficking still faces having her home seized
By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press Published November 26th, 2013/ theprovince.com “Lawyers for a British Columbia businesswoman acquitted of human trafficking have written to the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office asking […]
Alleged drug house forfeiture target
By Cassidy Oliver/theprovince.com After each police raid, Josef Schwarz’s phone would eventually start ringing. On the other end would be an RCMP officer. And the conversation would go something like […]
