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Racial Profiling - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Conference video links

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BCCLA concerned about rights breach in exclusion of migrant workers from MSP coverage.
June 16 , 2006
 
BCCLA to react to Supreme Court of Canada decision on same-sex marriage.
Dec 8, 2004
 
Laws For Us, Laws for Them. An article by Micheal Vonn, BCCLA policy director, that
appeared in the October 20, 2004 issue of the Vancouver Sun.

Oct 20, 2004
 
BCCLA calls Safe Streets Act: "Street Sweeping the Poor"
Oct 7, 2004
 
Same sex marriage is an equality issue.
Sept 18, 2003
 
BCCLA to argue that teachers have no right to express intention to discriminate.
July 28, 2003
 
BCCLA opposes claim of religious discrimination: Maughan v. The University of
British Columbia, Lorraine Weir, et al.

June 22, 2003
 
BCCLA calls on Education Minister to approve same-sex books.
June 13, 2003
 
BCCLA applauds the Supreme Court decision to overturn the Surrey book ban.
December 20, 2002
 
BCCLA supports Marc Hall in his fight to go to the prom.
May 7, 2002
 
Human Rights Code restrictions on discriminatory publication unacceptable government censorship.
May 12, 1997

 

LEGAL ARGUMENTS

2006 Hayes v. Vancouver Police Department and Barker.
2004 BCCLA's arguments with respect to a reference concerning a proposed act regarding same sex marriage
1999 Little Sister's in the Supreme Court of Canada
1999 Surrey School Board case in the Court of Appeal

 SUBMISSIONS
Consultation on proposed amendments to the Human Rights Code.
 POSITIONS
HOMELESSNESS
2004 Squatters' rights
2004 Civil liberties aspects of homelessness
 
HUMAN RIGHTS
1997 Proposed changes to the Human Rights Act
1994 Brief regarding revisions to the Human Rights Act
1984 Human rights: Submission to Advisory Committee on Human Rights in B.C.
1984 B.C. Human Rights Act, Bill 11: Summary fact sheet
1983 Canadian Human Rights Act, Bill C-141 (amendments)
1983 B.C. Human Rights Act Bill 27: Summary fact sheet
1982 B.C. Human Rights Code: Recommendations for legislative change
1981 Ku Klux Klan, Re: B.C. Human Rights Code, section 2
1977 Canadian Human Rights Act, Bill C-25: Suggested revisions
 
MISCELLANEOUS
2007 Family Dispute Arbitration and Sharia Law
2006 Adult adoption restrictions in British Columbia
2006 Practitioners of BDSM (bondage, domination, sadomasochism) and governmental regulation
1996 Discriminatory advertising
1989 AIDS discrimination in Canada: Unfair discrimination against persons with AIDS
1983 Participation of visible minorities in Canadian society
1980 Affirmative action
1972 Sex Disrimination and the Indian Act: A.G. v. Lavell
1968 Restrictive covenants, the Land Registry Act