Rights Groups File Complaint Against Sitting Judge Accused of Meddling in UofT Hiring, Cite Anti-Palestinian Racism
For Immediate Release October 27, 2020 – The Arab Canadian Lawyers Association (ACLA), Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) and the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) have filed a complaint to the Canadian […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: BCCLA at Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in case of nurse punished for publicly criticizing healthcare system
For immediate release. Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to hear case against nurse punished for social media comments criticizing quality of her grandfather’s end-of-life care REGINA – On September 17, 2019 […]
PRESS RELEASE: Secret Documents from Spying Complaint Reveal CSIS Kept Tabs on Community Groups and Protestors, says Human Rights Group
For immediate release Thousands of pages of heavily-redacted documents suggest CSIS gathered information on the peaceful protest activities of Indigenous peoples and environmentalists VANCOUVER — xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m (Musqueam), SkxwĂş7mesh (Squamish) & […]
Press Release: BCCLA reacts to Supreme Court of Canada ruling on lawyer incivility
For immediate release OTTAWA – Today, June 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in Groia v. Law Society of Upper Canada, a case regarding the proper […]
BCCLA reacts to letter calling for Anti-SLAPP legislation
For immediate release VANCOUVER (8 February 2017) – The BC Civil Liberties Association reacted this morning to the letter sent to from 15 legal luminaries to the BC Attorney General […]
Speak Back Against Racism and Islamophobia
This weekend a horrific attack by a white nationalist during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, left one anti-racist counter-protestor dead and 19 injured. Across the border, we cannot […]
BCCLA reacts to Supreme Court’s decision on BC’s election gag law
For immediate release Ottawa, ON – The Supreme Court of Canada has clarified today that the freedom of expression rights of individuals engaged in political expression during an election campaign […]
BCCLA reacts to Supreme Court decision on fracking critic’s free speech claim
(le français suit) The BCCLA is concerned that the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today in the case of Ernst v Alberta Energy Regulator is a step in the wrong […]
Shut the frack up!
 Update: This morning the decision in Jessica Ernst’s case was delivered. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Jessica Ernst cannot use the Charter to hold an […]
Cour suprême : Recherches dans Google et libre expression – l’ALCCB affirme que la libre expression doit être protégée lorsque les tribunaux bloquent des résultats de recherche
Pour publication immĂ©diate OTTAWA – Demain, le 6 dĂ©cembre 2016, la Cour suprĂŞme du Canada entendra les plaidoiries dans la cause Google Inc c. Equustek Solutions Inc. qui remet en […]