BCCLA to argue that teachers have no right to express intention to discriminate
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association will intervene on Monday July 28, 2003 in the appeal by Quesnel high school teacher and counselor Chris Kempling against the B.C. College of Teachers. […]
Civil Rights Group Opposes Claim of Religious Discrimination as Thinly Veiled Attack on Free Speech
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association will hold a press conference on Monday June 23 at 9:45 am on the Courthouse steps (Nelson and Hornby entrance) to discuss the case of […]
BCCLA calls on Education Minister to approve same-sex books
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling on the Minister of Education Christie Clark to approve three books depicting same-sex parented families – Asha’s Mums, Belinda’s Bouquet and One Dad, […]
BCCLA applauds the Supreme Court decision to overturn the Surrey book ban
The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is expressing its satisfaction with the Supreme Court’s decision earlier today to overturn a ban on three elementary school books imposed by the Surrey […]
Government censors try to shut down Little Sister’s documentary at film fest
VANCOUVER – The long arm of B.C.’s censor tried Wednesday to silence Thursday’s world premier of a documentary about a Vancouver gay and lesbian book store’s two-decade-long Supreme Court battle […]
BCCLA calls for transparency in press accreditation at Kananaskis G8 summit
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is calling for transparency in the process used by the RCMP to issue media credentials to journalists and photographers. Elaine Brière, an award-winning photo […]
BCCLA defends separation of church and state before Supreme Court of Canada in same sex parenting book case
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association will appear as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada today to argue that the B.C. School Act requires the Surrey School Board to […]
BCCLA blasts B.C. government for suppression of legislative protests
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling on the Liberal government to rescind an injunction it obtained to ban protesters from the legislative grounds. For the last week, a group […]
BCCLA condemns Elections Canada for prosecuting ballot eaters
Three members of the Edmonton Edible Ballot Society will be in Edmonton Provincial Court tomorrow, January 11, 2002, to face charges under the Canada Elections Act of having destroyed their […]
BCCLA gets rid of anti-protest injunction in Kelowna
The anti-protest bubble zone around Kelowna Fur Town, an Okanagan fur retailer, has been set aside. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association and BCCLA president Craig Jones applied before Mr. Justice […]