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Open Letter: BCCLA Urges Mayor Sim and Vancouver City Council to not Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
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Open Letter: BCCLA Urges Mayor Sim and Vancouver City Council to not Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association urges Mayor Ken Sim and Vancouver City Council not to adopt the International Holocaust...
November 7, 2024
Letter urging City of Richmond not to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism
Dear Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Richmond City Council, I am writing to you on behalf of the British Columbia Civil...
December 16, 2022
Letter to Montreal City Council not to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
Letter to Montreal City Council not to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The BCCLA is...
January 27, 2020
The BCCLA opposes the international campaign to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of antisemitism
The BCCLA is concerned about an international campaign that is urging governments to use the definition of “antisemitism” adopted by...
June 18, 2019
BCCLA Statement Against the Systemic Suppression of Support for Palestine
The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) condemns the deliberate and systemic suppression of political expression in support of Palestine. Over...
March 13, 2025
Oral Presentation to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, on the study of the Protection of Freedom of Expression
WHEREAS On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, the committee adopted the following motion: That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee...
September 18, 2024
Palestine Solidarity
Protecting fundamental freedoms is crucial to ensuring all people in Canada can engage in public discourse, challenge systems of oppression,...
May 29, 2024
Open Letter: Palestine solidarity protest actions and encampments on campus
Dear University Presidents: The BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) is the oldest and most active civil liberties organization in Canada....
May 3, 2024
BCCLA statement on attempts to suppress support for the people of Palestine
As a civil liberties and human rights organization, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) recognizes the international impacts of the...
October 25, 2023
Open Letter RE: Canadian Heritage (PCH) use of Controversial Antisemitism Definition
An open letter to the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing...
February 9, 2023
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