Immigration Appeal Board
The Honourable Mark MacGuigan Minister of Justice House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario KLA OA8 Dear Mr. MacGuigan: I am writing to inform you of our Association’s opposition to the recommendations […]
Post box rental
To: the Council of the City of Vancouver From: the B.C. Civil Liberties Association Re: Post Box rentals Date: January 21, 1983 The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has several objections […]
Mandatory supervision: Submission to Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Introduction The early release program for federal prisoners known as mandatory supervision has come under heavy fire as the public has learned of sex offenders and violent criminals repeating their […]
Report on Bill C-157 Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act
While the B.C. Civil Liberties Association recognizes the need for national security, it is not clear to us that any special security service is needed to preserve and protect it. […]
Sterilization: Implications for mentally retarded and mentally ill: Comments on the Canadian Law Reform Commission’s working paper
The Law Reform Commission of Canada dealing with the Protection of Life Project has issued its second Working Paper:Â Sterilization: Implications for Mentally Retarded and Mentally Ill Persons(1979). The principal recommendations […]
Participation of visible minorities in Canadian society
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has worked since its founding in 1962 to promote racial tolerance and understanding in British Columbia. The hearings of this Special Committee on the Participation […]
Comments on Privacy Commissioner’s report on the use of the Social Insurance Number
Our Association recently read and discussed your excellent report on the use of the Social Insurance Number. We found ourselves in substantial agreement with your assessment of the facts, and […]
Citizens Complaints and the B.C. Police Act
With the implementation in 1975 under the Police Act of a new citizen complaint process, many community organizations, including the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, were cautiously optimistic that an effective mechanism for […]
Prostitution, solicitation, bawdy houses and related matters
This brief argues that laws that interfere with prostitution cause more social harm than they prevent. Laws prohibiting soliciting for the purpose of prostitution (Section 195.1 of the Criminal Code) and […]
Deprogramming and cult control
Western society has never gladly suffered those who deviate from its norms. So when groups such as the Unification Church (“Moonies”), the Church of Scientology, and the Hare Krishnas spring […]