These pages list the legal documents for the cases.
This case challenged the City of Victoria’s bylaws that prevented homeless individuals from erecting shelters to protect themselves from the elements when sleeping outside. The BCCLA argued that telling homeless people who have nowhere else to go that they can … Read More
The question raised by this appeal was whether government entities have the right to control the content of the expression that took place on the side of buses. The BCCLA argued that refusing to allow the appellants to advertise on … Read More
During a debate over a controversial development in Powell River, B.C. three citizens publicly criticized the City’s decision making process. The City sent letters to the citizens threatening that the City would sue and demanding apologies and retractions in return … Read More
This case concerns the Charter right to freedom of the press, especially the ability of the media to protect the confidentiality of sources. The National Post received a document from a confidential source, but there were allegations that the document … Read More
This case involves a constitutional challenge to the Criminal Code provisions making adult prostitution illegal. A trial was set for February 2009, but the BC Supreme Court determined that the plaintiffs did not have standing to bring the claim. SWUAV … Read More
The Safety Standards Amendments Act, passed in 2006, requires electricity companies to give municipalities information about residents with certain patterns of power consumption, who can then notify police and dispatch “safety officers” to inspect the residence. This civil suit was … Read More
A law that restrains people from telling others what they think about politicians and political matters is a bad law. It interferes both with the freedom of the people who would speak and the freedom of the people who would … Read More
The Criminal Justice Branch (CJB) of the Ministry of Attorney General brought a legal challenge to the ability of the Frank Paul Inquiry to obtain evidence from prosecutors involved in the Frank Paul case. The BCCLA was a participant at … Read More
The BCCLA intervened at the Supreme Court of Canada to argue that without access to the government information citizens cannot freely express themselves. The case concerned the Ontario Provincial Police’s suppression of a report that detailed a flawed investigation of … Read More
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