Security and Investigation Services
A PRELIMINARY critique of the Report of the 1981 Marin Commission of Inquiry Relating to the Security and Investigation Services Branch with the Post Office Department finds the conclusions and […]
Submission on the Municipal Act expropriation provisions
While the Association welcomes any suggestion from the government concerning a reform of expropriation legislation, it submits that a revision to the expropriation provisions of the Municipal Act alone will […]
Trespass Act amendments
October 22, 1981 The Honourable Alan Williams Attorney General of British Columbia Parliament Buildings Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 Dear Mr. Williams: Re: Trespass Act amendments We are writing to express […]
Access to government information legislation: Comments on Bill C-43
According to the Cabinet Discussion Paper on Access to Information Legislation, the generally accepted objectives of such legislation are to provide: a general right of access to government records exercisable […]
Adoption registers
On February 11, 1980, the Board discussed the policy that we support a managed adoption register, namely, an adoption information record managed by a sensitive experienced staff whose task it […]
Comments on judicial interim release (Bail procedures)
The Association was contacted in the fall of 1980 about several instances of alleged misuse of the bail procedures or “judicial interim release” as it is technically called. One complaint […]
The rights of prisoners
Summary of recommendations All prisoners should have the right to vote on the same basis as other citizens. All prisoners should have the right to send and to receive uncensored […]
Canadian Radio and Television Commission: Comments on the Law Reform Commission of Canada Study Paper on the CRTC
By way of a one-line executive summary, we found the study paper quite interesting and useful, although in a limited way. Despite the benefits of inside knowledge that have accrued […]
Civil Rights Protection Act
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is in complete sympathy with the objective of encouraging and supporting minority groups in the face of racist propaganda. So we understand well why the […]
Comments on Bill 34, Motor Vehicle Amendment Act
Section 6 adds section 24.1 “Refusal to issue a licence”. Subsection (1)(b) provides that the Superintendent (of Motor Vehicles) may refuse to issue a driver’s licence to a person who […]