Assisted voluntary euthanasia and other end of life decisions
Executive summary In this brief, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association first argues that the complete ban in Canada on assisted suicide and active voluntary euthanasia is not morally defensible. We […]
Brief to the Oppal Commission on Municipal Policing in B.C.
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association believes that it is important from the start to be just as clear about what municipal police forces in B.C. are doing right as it […]
Defamation: Libel “chill” or historical irrelevance?
Introduction Over the past 300 years, the English legal system evolved a mechanism for the protection of reputation. This legal machinery was used largely by the rich and powerful to […]
Firearms and ammunition: Submission to B.C. Police Commission
24 February 1993 David Edgar, Chair B.C. Police Commission Dear Mr. Edgar, Following your request, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association has reviewed the document entitledFirearms and Ammunition and has met with […]
Brief on the Family and Child Services Act
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has received a number of complaints relating to the apprehension of children under the Family and Child Services Act. The situations that have […]
Brief on Bill C-36, Corrections and Conditional Release Act: Submitted to the Standing Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) receives periodic complaints from inmates who are incarcerated in federal penitentiaries located in British Columbia. We find that a number of the complaints […]
Conflict of Interest and public sector interests
Concern over conflict of interest between public duty and private interest are topical in Canadian public life today, but they are hardly new to issues of governance. Plato, for example, […]
Fingerprinting for hybrid offences
A teenaged girl was arrested for shoplifting a five dollar pair of earrings, charged with theft and fingerprinted. The charge was a hybrid offence where the Crown could choose to […]
Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-43, An Act Respecting Abortion
Abortion raises emotional temperatures as does virtually no other moral problem. Its opponents are appalled at the wholesale slaughter of organisms that they think have a full right to life. […]
Parole changes in British Columbia
In 1987, the federal government of Canada, reacting to public outcry over a series of heinous parole violations committed by repeat offenders, reviewed the parole system and recommended the abolishment […]