Policy Submissions

Our submissions address how laws or policies may infringe on civil liberties, and provide recommendations to protect fundamental rights and freedoms.

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  Democratic Rights
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  Drug Policy
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  Freedom of Expression
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  Human Rights
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  National Security
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  Police Accountability
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  Privacy

Document Open Letter to Abolish the RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG)

Posted on April 19, 2023

Topic: Police Accountability, Protest Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Joint Letter from PIVOT and BCCLA to Federal Housing Advocate highlighting human rights violations against Downtown Eastside residents

Posted on April 4, 2023

Topic: Poverty & Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Open Letter RE: Use by PCH of Controversial Antisemitism Definition

Posted on February 9, 2023

Topic: Free Speech, Freedom of Expression

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Joint Letter to Vancouver City Council Regarding Evictions at the Hastings Street Encampment

Posted on December 9, 2022

Topic: Human Rights, Poverty & Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Joint Letter from the BCCLA and CCLA Calling on Federal Government to end all CBSA Immigration Detention Agreements

Posted on November 21, 2022

Topic: Borders, Immigration

Type: Policy Submissions

Document BCCLA’s Written Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Review of Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Posted on October 19, 2022

Topic: Criminal, Drug Policy

Type: Policy Submissions

Document BCCLA and East Coast Prison Justice Society Joint Submission to Phase 3 of The Mass Casualty Commission

Posted on October 7, 2022

Topic: Police Accountability

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Policy Submission to British Columbia’s Select Standing Committee on Health

Posted on August 5, 2022

Topic: Drug Policy

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Open Letter Regarding Call from BC Liberal Caucus to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Antisemitism in British Columbia

Posted on May 12, 2022

Topic: Censorship, Democratic Rights, Freedom of Expression, Protest Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Decriminalization Done Right: A Rights Based Path for Drug Policy

Posted on December 9, 2021

Topic: Drug Policy

Type: Policy Submissions