Complaint against RCMP and CSIS spying moves to the next level
By Jenny Uechi/Vancouver Observer Published on March 28, 2014 Â Two complaints filed by the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security […]
One more birthday in Guantánamo
 *Update* Omar Khadr was finally repatriated to Canada on September 29. Under Canadian law, he will be eligible for release under parole by June 2013. But his return does not mean […]
The Bureaucratization of Misconduct
Earlier this year, Jim Bronskill reported on a series of very disturbing ministerial directives at CSIS relating to the use of information derived from torture and sharing information that could […]
Afghan Detainees: Why the BCCLA is concerned and calling for a public inquiry
June 27, 2012 Update:  The Military Police Complaints Commission (“MPCC”) released its Final Report following its inquiry into the conduct of the military police relating to the transfer of detainees captured […]
Ten Years of Shame
July 27, 2012 marks the ten-year anniversary of Omar Khadr’s capture by American troops in Afghanistan. Ten years since the 15-year old boy from Toronto was taken from a battlefield, […]
No means no, redux
Just when it looks like the ministerial directives at CSIS couldn’t get more troubling, Jim Bronskill and his Access to Information requests uncover ever more disturbing material. As readers of […]
No means no
Jim Bronskill is reporting today on a December 2010 directive recently obtained under the Access to Information Act, in which Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has apparently informed CSIS that […]
Whispers and innuendo
Today, the BCCLA wrote to the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Public Safety about a recent government leak of purported intelligence information implicating two Canadians in a terrorist […]
The potential negative consequences cannot be overstated
Last week, Jim Bronskill with the Canadian Press reported on the findings in an annual review conducted by the CSIS inspector general, which he obtained via the Access to Information […]
