Spying on activists: BCCLA complaints move to next level

RCMP complaints commission initiates public interest investigation; complaint against CSIS referred to watchdog VANCOUVER – Two complaints filed by the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) against the Royal Canadian Mounted […]

Civil Liberties Association renews calls for Border Services oversight

By Andrea Woo  / The Globe and mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/call-for-oversight-of-border-police-ignored-bc-group-says/article17321112/ Published on March 5, 2014 Canada Border Services Agency accused of failing to act on 800-page report released seven years ago […]

Rights groups want independent CBSA watchdog

 By Thomas Molander/ News 1130 http://www.news1130.com/2014/03/05/rights-groups-want-independent-cbsa-watchdog/  Published March 5, 2014 VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The BC Civil Liberties Association is again stressing the need for an independent body that can review […]

Call for oversight of border police ignored, B.C. group says

By The Canadian Press for the Globe and Mail / http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/call-for-oversight-of-border-police-ignored-bc-group-says/article17321112/ Published on Mar. 05 2014 A B.C.-based civil rights group is renewing its call for independent oversight of the […]

Inquest called into Mexican woman’s death

  By David P. Ball, 24 hours Vancouver- http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2014/02/25/inquest-called-into-mexican-womans-death Wednesday, February 26, 2014   A vigil was held to honour Lucia Vega Jimenez’s life in front Canada Border Services Agency […]