These pages list the legal documents for the cases.
This decision of the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that the Charter binds Canadian officials when operating abroad, where Canada would also be acting in contravention of its obligations under international human rights law. The BCCLA intervened in the case … Read More
The Wild Coyote Club required patrons, upon entering the club, to provide a driver’s licence which is then scanned into a computer, and to allow the club to take a digital photograph of the patron that is also stored in … Read More
This appeal concerned the free speech rights of a speaker on a matter of public interest. The defendant Mair read an editorial he had written on his radio show, in which he referred to the plaintiff on several occasions with … Read More
The BC Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the BC Human Rights Tribunal to accept a human rights complaint for filing. Peter Hayes brought a complaint against the Vancouver Police Department alleging that a VPD officer had denied him … Read More
The Access o Abortion Services Act expressly empowers government to abrogate freedom of expression by establishing “access ones” within which various proscriptions set out in the Act apply. In Slaight Communication vs. Davidson, 1989 1 SCR 1038, the Supreme Court … Read More
The Respondent’s bylaw, entitled “A Bylaw to regulate Second Hand Dealers within the City of New Westminster,” requires pawnshops to collect vast amounts of personal infromation from their customers and to pass this information on to the New Westmisnter Police … Read More
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Applicant) and Paul Kennedy, Commission Chairman of the, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Attorney General of Canada and Giuliano Zaccardelli (Respondents).
The BCCLA submits that this appeal raises issues of fundamental importance to liberty interests. The BCCLA submits that rigorous Charter scrutiny of the criminal organization provisions in the Criminal Code is critical to maintenance of a free and democratic society. … Read More
In the context of security certificates, this appeal will define the constitutional limits of the power of the government executive and judiciary to rely on secret evidence to the prejudice of interests at the core of a non-citizen’s right to … Read More
The BC Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the BC Human Rights Tribunal to accept a human rights complaint for filing. Peter Hayes brought a complaint against the Vancouver Police Department alleging that a VPD officer had denied him … Read More
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