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 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 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

Document Open Letter from the BCCLA demanding that the Vancouver Park Board withdraw its request for an injunction to remove people from CRAB Park

Posted on December 1, 2021

Topic: Poverty & Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Open Letter from the BCCLA demanding that RCMP stand down & vacate Wet’suwet’en territory

Posted on November 19, 2021

Topic: Indigenous Rights, Police Accountability

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Justice for Jared Lowndes

Posted on September 8, 2021

Topic: Police Accountability

Type: Policy Submissions