Video surveillance in public places
Introduction The Vancouver Police Department is proposing to jump on a bandwagon along with several cities in the UK, United States and eastern Canada, to use video surveillance, or closed […]
B.C.’S New High Risk Offender Community Advisory Program
Several years ago, B.C. created a program to, in limited circumstances, notify the community about the presence of child sex offenders who posed a clear risk to children in a […]
The Report of the Secure Care Working Group: A response by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association
Executive Summary At its March 1999 Board of Directors meeting, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) examined the recommendations of the Secure Care Working Group to create an option for […]
The Nisga’a Treaty: A civil libertarian perspective Vol. 32 No. 3
The following is the text of a BCCLA press release issued on 3 December 1998: The B.C. Civil Liberties Association today announced its support for the Nisga’a people’s right to […]
Electronic monitoring of offenders
Introduction The use of electronic monitoring systems (EMS) to produce a form of house arrest for persons convicted of a criminal offence has been used sparingly in Canadian provinces, to […]
Submission of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association to New Westminster City Council regarding proposed by-law No. 6478
(The “Anti-loitering and Anti-nuisance By-law”) May, 1998 Introduction The failure of Parliament to decriminalize the personal use of drugs has left municipalities to cope with the street-level consequences of the […]
Protecting personal information
Submission to the Government of Canada in response to the discussion paper “The Protection of Personal Information: Building Canada’s Information Economy and Society” The B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is […]
Freedom of expression in public spaces
Prepared for the conference “Hatred in Canada—Perspectives, Action and Prevention”, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, September 18–19, 1998 By Murray Mollard, policy director and Andrew Irvine, president The B.C. […]
Regulation of the private security industry in British Columbia
Dear Mr. Dosanjh: I am writing to you on behalf of the BCCLA to request the government’s response to the recommendations in the report of the Commission of Inquiry, Policing […]
Court orders teachers college to certify TWU program
In a controversial decision, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that the B.C. College of Teachers cannot refuse to certify the teacher education program at Trinity Western University (a private […]