2008 Copyright Law
Bill C-61 was introduced on June 12, 2008, shortly before the Parliamentary summer recess. The legislation is intended to bring Canada up to date with international treaty obligations and address […]
Age of Consent | 2008
2008 – BCCLA – Position – Age of consent
The Citizenship Handbook: A Guide to Democratic Rights and Responsibilities
revised 2008. 118 pages English Chinese Punjabi Vietnamese Farsi A resource created for students and new Canadians, but also a useful reminder for all Canadians who take their citizenship for […]
Racial Profiling: A Special BCCLA Report on Racial Profiling in Canada
Racial profiling is bad policy. Although promoted as improving security, it has not been demonstrated to do that. To the contrary, it decreases security, including by undermining the respect to […]
Family Dispute Arbitration and Sharia Law
The aim of this paper is to develop criteria for evaluating legislation governing family dispute arbitration, with special attention to the feasibility of using Sharia law. Ontario faced this problem […]
Cartoon Editorial
The debate over the Danish cartoon depictions of Mohommed has been fuelled in the last weeks by their re-publication in a number of cities across Canada. Now we face the […]
Adult Adoption Restrictions in British Columbia
Age and residency restrictions unfairly limit adult-adoption in British Columbia. Rather than allowing a judge to decide whether or not an adoption order should be granted in specific circumstances, British […]
The Facts About Drug Testing in the Workplace
The Facts About Drug Testing in the Workplace 1996 – BCCLA – Brochure – Facts about drug testing in the workplace Brochure on the rights and responsibilities of employees and […]
BCCLA Updated Position on Sex Work Laws
I. Background The mandate of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA” or the “Association”) is to preserve, defend, maintain and extend civil liberties and human rights in British Columbia […]
Judicial Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada
I. Introduction Justices Arbour and Iaocobucci recently announced that they are retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada, positions that must be filled by summer 2004 for the Court to […]