RELEASE: Civil liberties and First Nations groups launch complaint on discriminatory police stops; call for investigation
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER / xĘ·məθkĘ·É™yĚ“É™m, SkxwĂş7mesh & sÉ™lilĚ“wÉ™taʔɬ territories (June 14 2018) – This morning, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (“UBCIC”) and the BC Civil Liberties Association (“BCCLA”) […]
Updates on Your Rights at the Border
Spring break is upon us and many of you might be headed across the border. Last year we provided an overview of your rights at the border, but there have […]
Workshops in Northern BC on rights that apply during interactions with police.
News Release For Immediate Posting Surrey – The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO), the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC), and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association […]
Know Your Rights Workshops, Northern BC
Taking place in a number of communities in Northern BC, we will be providing a series of free workshops on your rights when dealing with police and what to do […]
Complaint filed against RCMP for alleged evidence destruction and use of force in police-involved death of First Nations man in Prince George
Police allegedly told witnesses to delete cellphone videos of incident VANCOUVER (January 16, 2018) – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association filed a complaint today in relation to the police-involved death […]
Policing Indigenous Communities
In a previous blog, I wrote about our visit to Haida Gwaii this past fall. That visit signaled the start of our initiative on the relationship between Indigenous communities and […]
Rights in Community
I joined the BCCLA as Community Lawyer in September of 2017. As part of my position, I will be working with communities in northern and rural British Columbia on the […]
BCCLA reacts to new national security legislation (Bill C-59)
For immediate release Today, the government introduced Bill C-59 “An Act respecting national security matters” and the BCCLA welcomes some important and long-needed “fixes” but remains disappointed that so much […]
Oversight at the Border: New BCCLA report proposes independent accountability for CBSA
For immediate release (Vancouver, BC, June 13, 2017) – Today, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) released a new report proposing a model that would provide independent oversight for the […]
Surveillance scandals break while government presses for more surveillance powers
From bad to… worse Quebec has just announced a public inquiry examining admissions by the province’s two largest police forces that they have been spying on journalists. These revelations […]