Forced obstetrical intervention
Sometimes the life of a fetus can be saved, or damage prevented a child-to-be, only if s woman refrains from doing or submits to certain things. And sometimes a woman […]
Censure, not censor The BCCLA intervention in the complaint against Doug Collins before the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
Opening statement by Murray Mollard, BCCLA counsel, May 12, 1997 As Canada’s oldest private, non-profit civil liberties organization, fighting for citizens’ democratic freedoms since 1962, the BCCLA sought leave to […]
Comments on the Proposed Simon Fraser University Harassment Policy
Introduction As a nonprofit registered charitable society that works to promote and protect civil liberties of British Columbians, the BCCLA values freedom of expression and thought, due process, fairness, privacy, […]
Civil liberties in the schools
Civil liberties in the schools 1997 by Murray J. Mollard Contents Introduction Freedom of expression Dress/hair codes & symbolic expressions Student newspapers and publications Expression generally Access to library materials, […]
Double bunking inmates in B.C. corrections: A submission to the Attorney General of British Columbia
Our provincial prisons are being squeezed between two diametrically opposed pressures: the need to minimize costs in the face of significant government revenue shortfalls, and the public’s intolerance for crime […]
Regulation of student conduct: Working with the criminal justice system, a civil libertarian perspective
Introduction The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has been working to protect the civil liberties of British Columbians since 1963. As part of our work, we provide assistance to individuals who […]
On reproductive technologies A response to “Proceed With Care: The Final Report of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies”
The Baird Commission has accomplished a huge task in its survey of the multitudinous factors involved in human reproduction and the use of new reproductive technologies. It bases its considerations […]
Community notification regarding released sex offenders
Introduction There is a widespread belief that convicted child sex offenders are dangerous, that if we cannot successfully treat them or keep them locked up, and if the police cannot […]
Bill C-55: Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs
Bill C-55 contains proposed amendments to the Criminal Code, the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act, and the Department of the Solicitor […]
Discriminatory advertising Advertising for university president: Affirmative action considerations
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association applauds Professor Philip Resnick for calling attention to the issues of affirmative action raised by the University of British Columbia’s advertisement for a new president, […]