BCCLA launches lawsuit to challenge criminal laws against medically-assisted dying
Vancouver, BC: The BCCLA filed a lawsuit today to challenge the laws that make it a criminal offense to assist seriously and incurably ill individuals to die with dignity. The […]
Court set to rule on future of supervised injection site
Vancouver, B.C. – The future of Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site, will be revealed by the BC Court of Appeal on Friday. The Court will release its decision in two […]
Concerns Expressed About VPD Business Plan
The BCCLA, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Youthco Aids Society, the Asian Society for the Intervention of Aids, BC Persons With AIDS Society, the B.C. Positive Women’s Network and […]
BCCLA Applauds Supreme Court Decision in Safe Injection Facility Cases
The BCCLA applauds the decision of the BC Supreme Court which granted a supervised injection facility, Insite, located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a permanent constitutional exemption from prosecution under federal […]
BCCLA Heads to Court to Challenge Criminalization of Safe Injection Facility
The BCCLA will appear as an intervenor today at the B.C. Supreme Court in two cases involving a constitutional challenge to federal drug control legislation that could criminalize the operation […]
Civil rights group criticizes proposed changes to Mental Health Act
Proposed changes to the Mental Health Act will make it easier to institutionalize individuals suffering from mental illness and to force them to undergo treatment. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association […]
Misrepresentation of BCCLA views on reproductive technology
Unpublished letter to the Editor, the Georgia Straight, July 11, 1997 By Kay Stockholder In your article on Patricia Baird’s views on reproductive technologies (July 3), you refer to the […]
On reproductive technology
Unpublished letter to the editor sent to the Globe & Mail March 24, 1997 By Kay Stockholder Bill C-47 is being rushed through Parliament with little careful thought about its […]