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 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 Open Letter Regarding RCMP Exclusion Zone at Fairy Creek

Posted on May 21, 2021

Topic: Freedom of Expression, Indigenous Rights, Police Accountability

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Joint Letter Regarding Unauthorized Police Enforcement of COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

Posted on May 13, 2021

Topic: COVID-19, Free Association, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Human Rights, Police Accountability

Type: Policy Submissions

Document BCCLA Urges City of Vancouver Not to Adopt Recommendations on Enhanced Enforcement of Amplification Devices

Posted on February 22, 2021

Topic: Freedom of Expression

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Letter regarding Ban on In-Person Religious Services in BC

Posted on December 17, 2020

Topic: COVID-19, Human Rights, Religion

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Fight antisemitism, not freedom of expression

Posted on October 27, 2020

Topic: Censorship, Free Speech, Freedom of Expression

Type: Policy Submissions

Document BCCLA and Centre for Free Expression Condemn Zoom’s and Youtube’s Censorship of Academic Roundtable

Posted on October 19, 2020

Topic: Free Speech, Freedom of Expression

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Open Letter Condemning Police Actions in Connection to 1492 Land Back Lane

Posted on September 29, 2020

Topic: Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Indigenous Rights, Police Accountability

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Ramadan Accommodations for Muslim Prisoners at OCDC

Posted on May 7, 2020

Topic: Discrimination, Prisoners' Rights, Religion

Type: Policy Submissions