The Canadian Law Reform Commission’s definition of death
In 1979 the Law Reform Commission of Canada dealing with the Protection of Life Project issued its first working paper: Working Paper 23: Criteria for the Determination of Death (Minister […]
Notes toward a BCCLA position on cannabis law reform
The new government has said it will do something toward the decriminalization of marijuana use. This seems the appropriate time to suggest the best way of doing it. Cannabis Control […]
Comments on Bill C-51: Proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada dealing with solicitation
The Criminal Code of Canada prohibits soliciting for the purposes of prostitution in the following words: Section 195.1. Every person who solicits any person in a public place for the purpose of […]
Comments on proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada (Portions dealing with pornography)
Introduction Some of those who advocate obscenity laws do so because they believe that reading sexually explicit materials or watching sexually explicit actions will harm at least some readers or […]
Mail opening
The BCCLA sent the following letter to the then Solicitor General, urging the federal government to reconsider its decision to enact legislation allowing the RCMP to open first class mail. […]
McDonald Commission: Submission on RCMP Security Service
A submission of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association Presented on January 20, 1978 to the Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The British […]
Comments on Bill C-50: RCMP Act
We are pleased to note that many of the concerns the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association raised in its submission to the Inquiry relating to Public Complaints, Internal Discipline and […]
Payment of witnesses
Board Meeting Minutes: April 10, 1978 4. Paper On Payment Of Witnesses. Scott Bell summarized his paper, Payment for testimony: Is the price too high?, which had been circulated to […]
Protection of children legislation
Provisions of the Act The draft Family and Child Services Actprovides for the appointment of a provincial Director of Family and Child Services. The Director is charged with: keeping a […]
Compulsory treatment of heroin addicts
Press release The B.C. Civil Liberties Association yesterday presented the Minister of Health its objections to the compulsory treatment plan for heroin users that has been proposed by the provincial […]