The Value of Vouching: Why The (Un)Fair Elections Act Will Disenfranchise Vulnerable Canadians
On April 2nd, 2014  the BCCLA sent Counsel Raji Mangat to Parliament to argue that proposed amendments to the Canada Elections Act are unconstitutional and undemocratic. Our main concern with the proposed […]
Election bill committee hears from civil libertarians, academics
By Kady O’Malley / CBC Published on April 2, 2014 As the parliamentary work week hits the halfway point, MPs will disappear behind the closed doors of caucus for their […]
From the media: coverage of Afghan detainee disclosures
We here at the BCCLA National Security Blog have been anxiously awaiting the disclosure of materials from Parliament’s detainee document review, notwithstanding the fact that it was more than likely […]
Can we hold you for a while?
Yesterday, BCCLA Counsel Carmen Cheung appeared before the House of Commons Committee on Public Safety and National Security to present the BCCLA’s position on Bill C-17, legislation seeking to resurrect […]
Back from hiatus! (briefly)
So one of our readers pointed out recently that the National Security Blog’s long overdue for an update, and he’s absolutely right, especially given the things we’ve been up to […]
Not my job (redux)
The BCCLA National Security blog is posting from sunny Ottawa today, where we finished up the last of the MPCC witnesses until hearings resume again in mid-June. Carmen Cheung, Counsel […]
This week at the MPCC
The Afghanistan Public Interest Hearings at the Military Police Complaints Commission continue this week before a month-long break while the Commission waits for the government to make the required document […]
Parliament: 1 / Government: 0
In a precedent-setting decision this afternoon, House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken ruled that the government could be compelled to disclose to Parliament uncensored copies of documents relating to the transfer […]