Court of Appeal Denies Canadians Right to Choose Assisted Death
Court says that the Supreme Court’s earlier decision in Rodriguez is binding – BCCLA seek leave to appeal decision to Supreme Court of Canada Today the BC Court of Appeal […]
More than 30 organizations uniting to safeguard Canadians’ privacy rights
With Parliament set to resume, Coalition calls for effective legal measures to protect the privacy of every resident of Canada against government intrusion  October 10, 2013 – The BCCLA is joining […]
BCCLA to speak publically about BC Court of Appeal judgment in death with dignity case
Vancouver and Toronto – On Thursday, October 10, 2013, the BC Court of Appeal will release reasons for judgment in Carter v. Canada (Attorney General). Lawyers for the BC Civil […]
Democracy, Education and Philosophy: the Writing and Speeches of Bob Rowan
Preface This set of dialogues was delivered on a CBC radio series over twelve weeks. I wrote and then read these aloud for broadcast, my voice trying to play both […]
SCC to hear case about constitutionality of security certificate hearings
Ottawa – On Thursday, October 10, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments in Minister of Citizenship and Immigration et al. v. Mohamed Harkat, et al. The BCCLA is […]
Insite permettant de sauver des vies: oĂą se trouvent donc les autres sites au Canada ?
Le 30 septembre marque le deuxième anniversaire de la dĂ©cision par la Cour SuprĂŞme du Canada qui a accordĂ© Ă unanimitĂ© la protection constitutionnelle Ă la site d’injection supervisĂ©e de […]
Insite Saves Lives: It’s Time for More
September 30, 2013 (9/30) marks the two-year anniversary of Canada’s Supreme Court decision that unanimously granted constitutional protection to Vancouver’s supervised injection site, Insite. To mark this important anniversary, the […]
University of Victoria sued over pro-life censorship
By Josh Dehaas Published September 27, 2013/ macleans.ca “Cameron CĂ´tĂ©, a graduate of the University of Victoria and former president of Youth Protecting Youth, a pro-life student club, has teamed […]
BCCLA asks where is the missing Missing Women’s Inquiry website?
Today, the BCCLA wrote to Hon. Suzanne Anton, BC’s Minister of Justice about the missing Missing Women’s Inquiry. It has recently come to the BCCLA’s attention that the website for […]
Supreme Court of Canada rule on appropriate use of sniffer dogs
Ottawa – The Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision on Friday, September 27, 2013 in R. v. Chehil and R. v. MacKenzie. These cases concern sniffer dogs and […]