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BC Civil Liberties Association
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BC Civil Liberties Association
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Equality. Liberty. Freedom. Justice. Fighting for civil liberties and human rights since 1962 through Litigation, Law Reform & Public Legal Education.
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Jan 30, 2025
    We’re taking the City to court!⚖️Today, BCCLA alongside three individual plaintiffs are filing a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver in a Charter challenge against the ban on sheltering during the day. Read more: bccla.org/campaign/shelt…
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Feb 17, 2022
    BCCLA calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to revoke the use of the Emergencies Act. We additionally call on Members of Parliament to vote against the declaration when Parliament considers it within seven sitting days after its issuance. 1/12
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    May 28, 2021
    This is illegal.
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    Global BC
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    May 28, 2021
    Here’s how the B.C. RCMP have been prohibiting the working news media at the Fairy Creek blockade. They insist their exclusion zone gives them the power to control the movements of journalists on public land and pick and choose what journalists can cover. globalnews.ca/news/7896998/a…
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Jan 17, 2018
    We won! In a landmark moment for prison justice in Canada, the BC Supreme Court ends indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons across Canada. Read our press release for more: buff.ly/2FNthba
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Feb 17, 2022
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    As an organization that focuses on the relationship between people & the state, and the ways in which the state can limit or advance human rights and liberties, we are alarmed by the precedent this action sets. Canada has not met the legal threshold for the Act’s invocation 2/12
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Jan 6, 2020
    We are excited to announce our new Executive Director - Harsha Walia!
    BCCLA Welcomes New Executive Director - BC Civil Liberties Association
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Sep 16, 2024
    We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Involuntary drug treatment can cause great harm – even death – and does not save lives. Forced treatment of people who use drugs cannot be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. 1/
    B.C. to use involuntary care at secure facilities for those with addiction issues | CBC News
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Nov 10, 2020
    BREAKING: The BCCLA is suing the RCMP Commissioner for preventing the release of watchdog report into police spying on Indigenous and climate advocates. Read our press release for more: ow.ly/VVTf50CgE9U #cdnpoli #bcpoli
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Feb 2, 2024
    The BCCLA joins the @FPSE in calling for the immediate resignation of @selinarobinson. Minister Robinson’s intervention in the termination of a Langara College instructor undermines the democratic principles of freedom of expression and academic freedom.
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    FPSE
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    Feb 1, 2024
    FPSE calls for immediate resignation of the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills: fpse.ca/news/fpse-news… @selinarobinson @Dave_Eby @bcndp @BCNDPCaucus @langaracollege @langaraprez
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Aug 19, 2017
    Immense crowd at anti-racism rally at Vancouver city hall as people come together to defend equality and human rights. (1st photo CBC)
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Feb 17, 2022
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    Invoking the Emergencies Act now will serve to normalize its use, threatening rights and liberties into the future. 7/12
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Mar 6, 2020
    Wet’suwet’en, BCCLA, and @UBCIC release explosive letter revealing BC Solicitor General authorizing RCMP deployment, contradicting public statements. Full release here: ow.ly/IlNy50yFbiC #cdnpoli #bcpoli #WetsuwetenStrong
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Aug 24, 2022
    The BCCLA condemns BC Attorney General @David_Eby for throwing human rights, civil liberties, and evidence under the bus by suggesting the state should be able to involuntarily detain and force treatment on people who use drugs. #bcpoli 1/7🧵 vancouversun.com/news/bc-ndp-le…
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    BC Civil Liberties Association
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    Feb 17, 2022
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    The legal threshold for invoking this type of emergency under the Emergencies Act has not been met. The government has not yet demonstrated that there are threats to national security that are so serious as to “exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it” 9/12