Repeal Bill C-51 Conference
“Repeal Bill C-51 Conference” & Discussion on how to ensure repeal DATE:        Sunday, February 28th, 2016 PLACE:     12:30 p.m. SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings Street, Room 2270 Program: Official Musqueam Welcome by Audrey Siegl PANEL […]
Edward Snowden: Big Data, Security, and Human Rights
Edward Snowden will join Metro Vancouverites for a conversation live via web-link about the power, promise and peril of big data The BC Civil Liberties Association very own policy director Micheal […]
“C-51 and Big Data: The Problem of Security by Algorithm” with Micheal Vonn at TRU Society of Law Students Conference
Keeping It Civil: Exploring Civil Liberties and the Charter in Canada The focus of the conference this year is to address a number of dynamic changes and topics surrounding Civil […]
Bill C-51 and Data Analytics with Micheal Vonn – Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre
Secret hearing begins into alleged illegal spying on Canadian citizens
For immediate release Vancouver (Coast Salish Territories) – A secret hearing today in Vancouver will look into allegations that Canadian spies illegally gathered information about the activities of citizens and community […]
Bill C-24 and Bill C-51: Implications for University Students
Recently, Canadian parliament passed two important pieces of legislation, namely Bill C-24 and Bill C-51. While a lot of discussion regarding these laws have focused on their impact on Canadians […]
Bill C-51and Hate Speech Laws in Canada: Implications for University Activism
Since being tabled into the parliament, Bill C-51 (now a law) has not been without controversy. In particular, provisions restricting protest rights and freedom of speech have attracted criticism from a […]
Bill C51: Micheal Vonn talks civil liberties concerns with the BC Humanist Association
BCCLA Policy Director Micheal Vonn joins the BC Humanist Association to discuss key pieces of Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, and explain the concerns about the bill that have been emerging […]
RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to the passage of Bill C-51
Micheal Vonn, Policy Director at the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted today to the passage of Bill C-51, the so-called “anti-terrorism bill” by Canada’s Senate. ““We are deeply disappointed to […]
Proposed sweeping changes to Canada’s security laws: a look at Bill C-51
Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, is a complex omnibus bill representing the most radical and sweeping changes to Canada’s security law landscape since the legislative response to 9/11. In […]