Press Release: BCCLA supports expansion of voting rights in UBCM vote next week
VANCOUVER — xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), SkwxwĂş7mesh (Squamish) & sÉ™lilĚ“wÉ™taʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories – Next week at the 2019 Convention of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), councillors and mayors from across the […]
Rights Talk: Youth and Civil Liberties Conference
The BCCLA’s 14th annual Youth and Civil Liberties Conference brings together hundreds of high school students for an all-day conference featuring workshops that tackle issues ranging from anti-oppression, migrant justice, […]
Latest: Canadians (and US visa holders in Canada) and the US Travel Ban
UPDATE: September 26, 2017 – New travel ban restrictions On Sunday September 24th, President Trump issued a new executive order banning almost all travel to the United States (“US”) from […]
An extraordinary victory for citizenship equality
After three years and one hundred and twenty-seven days of work, we’ve defeated the second-class citizenship bill! On Thursday, June 15, 2017 the House of Commons passed Bill C-6 which […]
Canada Day Party: A Celebration for Citizenship Equality
Join the BC Civil Liberties Association for the Canada 150 Fireworks! Celebrate the BCCLA’s work to restore citizenship equality with a spectacular view— from the Gastown rooftop patio of our […]
Révocation de la citoyenneté- Les groupes de droits appuient la modification de la loi sur la révocation de la citoyenneté au Sénat du Canada
Pour publication immĂ©diate Ottawa (4 avril 2017) – Aujourd’hui, l’Association des libertĂ©s civiles de la Colombie-Britannique (ALCCB) et l’Association canadienne des avocats et avocates en droit des rĂ©fugiĂ©s (ACAADR) ont rĂ©agi […]
Citizenship Revocation – Rights Groups Applaud Amendment to Citizenship Revocation Bill in Senate
(Le français suit) For immediate release OTTAWA (April 4, 2017) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) reacted this afternoon to the […]
Equal Citizenship: No More Second-Class Citizens!
The Civic Association of Iranian Canadians and the BC Civil Liberties Association present: Equal Citizenship: No More Second-Class Citizens! In 2014, the government passed a law creating two tiers of […]
Mémoire à propos du projet de loi C-6, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la citoyenneté, présenté au Sénat du Canada
L’Association des libertĂ©s civiles de la Colombie-Britannique (ALCCB) et l’Association canadienne des avocats et avocates en droit des rĂ©fugiĂ©s (ACAADR) se rĂ©jouissent d’avoir l’occasion de prĂ©senter au ComitĂ© un mĂ©moire […]
Canada must suspend “safe third country” refugee agreement with U.S.
Vancouver, BC (Coast Salish Territories) –The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association joins many other civil society and refugee-serving organizations in calling on the Government of Canada to suspend the “Safe […]
