The ability of the BCCLA to prepare legal arguments is largely dependent upon the provision of free legal services from Canadian lawyers. The following legal arguments were prepared on behalf of the BCCLA by members of the legal community. Arguments are sorted by issue following the listings by date.
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| Arguments sorted by date |
| 2008 |
Insite — Supervised injection facility
Supreme Court of B.C.
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The question raised by the appeal is what constitutional duties Canada owes Omar Khadr under the Charter in light of flagrantly illegal conduct of the American government.
Supreme Court of Canada
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In the Matter of a Complaint between a Complainant and The Wild Coyote Club and Treoscope Technologies and Bar Watch, BC Civil Liberties Association, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, Alliance of Beverage Licenses: Scanning and storing information contained in drivers' licenses.
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
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| Amnesty International Canada and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association v.
Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Forces, Minister of National Defence and Attorney General of Canada, Court File Number T-324-07. |
| 2007 |
Donald David Spratt
(Appellant)
and
Regina (Respondent) and
between Gordon Stephen Watson
(Appellant)
and
Regina
(Respondent) and
the Access Coalition (Elizabeth Bagshaw Society, Everywoiiian’s
Health Centre Aociety (1988), the B.C. Pro-Choice Action Network
Society, C.A.R.E. Program at the Women’s Heath Centre of British
Colunibia, the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund), the
Canadian Nurses for Life, the Christian Legal Fellowship, the Catholic Civil Rights League and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (Intervenors).
B.C. Court of Appeal
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Royal City Jewellers and Loans Ltd. and the City of New Westminster (Respondent) and the Attorney General of B.C. (Intervenor) and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor).
B.C. Court of Appeal
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British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Applicant) and Paul Kennedy, Commission Chairman of the, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Attorney General of Canada and Giuliano Zaccardelli (Respondents).
Federal Court
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R. v. Terezakis
B.C. Court of Appeal |
| 2006 |
Constitutionality of Security Certificates: Harkat, Charkaoui, Almrei.
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Kevin Barker and Peter M. Hayes v. Vancouver Police Department.
Supreme Court of B.C.
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The Canadian Federation of Students (British Columbia component) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (Appellants) v. the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and British Columbia Transit (Respondents) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor).
B.C. Court of Appeal
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The Canadian Federation of Students (British Columbia component) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (Appellants) v. The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and British Columbia Transit (Respondents) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor).
B.C. Court of Appeal
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Julie Berg (Appellant) and Police Complaint Commissioner, Dirk Ryneveld, Q.C. (Respondent) and David Bruce-Thomas (Respondent).
B.C. Court of Appeal |
| 2005 |
The Canadian Federation of Students (British Columbia component) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (Appellants) v. the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and British Columbia Transit (Respondents) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor). (1)
Supreme Court of B.C.
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The Canadian Federation of Students (British Columbia component) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (Appellants) v. The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and British Columbia Transit (Respondents) and Britsh Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor). (2)
Supreme Court of B.C.
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Christopher Stephen Myles Kempling (Appellant) and the British Columbia College of Teachers (Respondent) argument of the Intervenor B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
B.C. Court of Appeal
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Terry Lee May (Appellant) and Warden of Ferndale Institution, Warden of Mission Institution,
Deputy Commissioner, Pacific Region, Correctional Service of Canada and Attorney General of Canada.
Supreme Court of Canada |
| 2004 |
Application for intervention in the Arar inquiry.
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Application for intervention in the Arar inquiry - Affidavit.
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In the matter of a reference by the Governor in Council concerning the proposal for an act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes.
Supreme Court of Canada |
| 2003 |
Christopher Stephen Myles Kempling (Appellant) and the British Columbia College of Teachers (Respondent) argument of the Intervenor B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
B.C. Supreme Court |
| 2002 |
City of Vancouver (Plaintiff) and Claude Maurice, Kerry Pakarinen, Anton Pilippa, Craig Ballantyne, Jim Leyden, Jane Doe, John Doe and Other Persons Unknown, erecting, maintaining, or occupying tents, structures and other objects on City of Vancouver Streets in the 100 block West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia (Defendants) and B.C. Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor).
Supreme Court of B.C.
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Global BC (also known as BCTV News) a division of Global Communications Limited; CKVU, a division of CHUM Limited; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; CTV Inc.; CTV Television Inc.; CIVT, a division of CTV Television Inc. (d.b.a. BC CTV, formerly VTV); the Radio Television News Directors’ Association of Canada; and Ad Idem - Advocates in Defence of Expression in the Media (Appellants) and Dimitros Pilarinos, Glen David Clark and the Attorney General of British Columbia (Respondents) and the Attorney General of Canada, the Attorney General of Quebec, the Attorney General of Ontario, the Attorney General of Manitoba, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenors)
Supreme Court of Canada
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Christopher James Clay, Victor Eugene Caine, David Malmo-Levine (Appellants) v. R. and the Attorney General of Ontario, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (Intervenors)
Supreme Court of Canada |
| 2001 |
Richard Sauvé (Respondent) v. the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, the Solicitor General of Canada,
and the Attorney General of Canada (Appellant).
Supreme Court of Canada |
| 2000 |
| APEC inquiry |
| 1999 |
James Chamberlain, Murray Warren, Diane Willcott, Blaine Cook, by his guardian Ad Litem, Sue Cook and Rosamund Elwin (Appellants) and the Board of Trustees of School District #36 (Surrey)(Respondent) and Egale Canada Inc. and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor)
Appeal Court of B.C. |
| 1997 |
Canadian Jewish Congress (Complainant) v. North Shore Free Press d.b.a. North Shore News and Doug Collins (Respondents)
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
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| Legal Arguments sorted by issue |
| ANTI-TERRORISM |
| 2008 |
The question raised by the appeal is what constitutional duties Canada owes Omar Khadr under the Charter in light of flagrantly illegal conduct of the American government.
Supreme Court of Canada
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| Amnesty International Canada and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association v.
Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Forces, Minister of National Defence and Attorney General of Canada, Court File Number T-324-07. |
| 2006 |
Constitutionality of Security Certificates: Harkat, Charkaoui, Almrei.
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| 2004 |
Application for intervention in the Arar inquiry.
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| Application for intervention in the Arar inquiry - Affidavit. |
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| PRIVACY |
| 2008 |
In the Matter of a Complaint between a Complainant and The Wild Coyote Club and Treoscope Technologies and Bar Watch, BC Civil Liberties Association, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, Alliance of Beverage Licenses: Scanning and storing information contained in drivers' licenses.
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner |
| POLICE |
| 2007 |
Royal City Jewellers and Loans Ltd. and the City of New Westminster (Respondent) and the Attorney General of B.C. (Intervenor) and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor).
B.C. Court of Appeal
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British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Applicant) and Paul Kennedy, Commission Chairman of the, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Attorney General of Canada and Giuliano Zaccardelli (Respondents).
Federal Court
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| 2006 |
Kevin Barker and Peter M. Hayes v. Vancouver Police Department.
Supreme Court of B.C.
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Julie Berg (Appellant) and Police Complaint Commissioner, Dirk Ryneveld, Q.C. (Respondent) and David Bruce-Thomas (Respondent).
B.C. Court of Appeal
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| 2000 |
| APEC inquiry |
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| FREEDOM of SPEECH & EXPRESSION |
| 2007 |
Donald David Spratt
(Appellant)
and
Regina (Respondent) and
between Gordon Stephen Watson
(Appellant)
and
Regina
(Respondent) and
the Access Coalition (Elizabeth Bagshaw Society, Everywoman’s
Health Centre Aociety (1988), the B.C. Pro-Choice Action Network
Society, C.A.R.E. Program at the Women’s Heath Centre of British
Colunibia, the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund), the
Canadian Nurses for Life, the Christian Legal Fellowship, the Catholic Civil Rights League and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (Intervenors).
B.C. Court of Appeal |
| 2006 |
The Canadian Federation of Students (British Columbia component) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (Appellants) v. the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and British Columbia Transit (Respondents) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor).
B.C. Court of Appeal
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The Canadian Federation of Students (British Columbia component) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (Appellants) v. The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and British Columbia Transit (Respondents) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor).
B.C. Court of Appeal
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| 2005 |
The Canadian Federation of Students (British Columbia component) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (Appellants) v. the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and British Columbia Transit (Respondents) and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor). (1)
Supreme Court of B.C.
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The Canadian Federation of Students (British Columbia component) and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (Appellants) v. The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and British Columbia Transit (Respondents) and Britsh Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor). (2)
Supreme Court of B.C.
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Christopher Stephen Myles Kempling (Appellant) and the British Columbia College of Teachers (Respondent) argument of the Intervenor B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
B.C. Court of Appeal
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| 2003 |
Christopher Stephen Myles Kempling (Appellant) and the British Columbia College of Teachers (Respondent) argument of the Intervenor B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
B.C. Supreme Court
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| 2002 |
City of Vancouver (Plaintiff) and Claude Maurice, Kerry Pakarinen, Anton Pilippa, Craig Ballantyne, Jim Leyden, Jane Doe, John Doe and Other Persons Unknown, erecting, maintaining, or occupying tents, structures and other objects on City of Vancouver Streets in the 100 block West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia (Defendants) and B.C. Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor).
Supreme Court of B.C.
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| 1999 |
R. v. John Robin Sharpe (Respondent)
Supreme Court of Canada
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| 1997 |
Canadian Jewish Congress (Complainant) v. North Shore Free Press d.b.a. North Shore News and Doug Collins (Respondents)
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
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| CENSORSHIP |
| 1999 |
Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium, B.C. Civil Liberties Association, James Eaton Deva and Guy Allen Bruce Smythe (Appellants) and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Minister of National Revenue, Attorney General of British Columbia (Respondents)
Supreme Court of Canada
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| PRISONERS' RIGHTS |
| 2005 |
Terry Lee May (Appellant) and Warden of Ferndale Institution, Warden of Mission Institution,
Deputy Commissioner, Pacific Region, Correctional Service of Canada and Attorney General of Canada.
Supreme Court of Canada
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| 2001 |
Richard Sauvé (Respondent) v. the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, the Solicitor General of Canada,
and the Attorney General of Canada (Appellant).
Supreme Court of Canada |
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| DISCRIMINATION |
| 2004 |
In the matter of a reference by the Governor in Council concerning the proposal for an act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes.
Supreme Court of Canada
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| 2002 |
James Chamberlain, Murray Warren, Diane Willcott, Blaine Cook, by his guardian Ad Litem, Sue Cook and Rosamund Elwin (Appellants) and the Board of Trustees of School District #36 (Surrey)(Respondent) and Egale Canada Inc., Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the Board of Trustees of School District no. 34 (Abbotsford), Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Families in Partnership, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Archdiocese of Vancouver, the Catholic Civil Rights League and the Canadian Alliance for Social Justice and Family Values Association (Intervenors)
Supreme Court of Canada
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| 2000 |
Trinity Western University
Supreme Court of Canada
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| 1999 |
James Chamberlain, Murray Warren, Diane Willcott, Blaine Cook, by his guardian Ad Litem, Sue Cook and Rosamund Elwin (Appellants) and the Board of Trustees of School District #36 (Surrey)(Respondent) and Egale Canada Inc. and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenor)
Appeal Court of B.C.
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
| 2008 |
Insite — Supervised injection facility
Supreme Court of B.C. |
| 2007 |
R. v. Terezakis
B.C. Court of Appeal
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| 2002 |
Chritopher James Clay, Victor Eugene Caine, David Malmo-Levine (Appellants) v. R. and the Attorney General of Ontario, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (Intervenors)
Supreme Court of Canada
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Global BC (also known as BCTV News) a division of Global Communications Limited; CKVU, a division of CHUM Limited; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; CTV Inc.; CTV Television Inc.; CIVT, a division of CTV Television Inc. (d.b.a. BC CTV, formerly VTV); the Radio Television News Directors’ Association of Canada; and Ad Idem - Advocates in Defence of Expression in the Media (Appellants) and Dimitros Pilarinos, Glen David Clark and the Attorney General of British Columbia (Respondents) and the Attorney General of Canada, the Attorney General of Quebec, the Attorney General of Ontario, the Attorney General of Manitoba, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Intervenors)
Supreme Court of Canada
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| 2000 |
International Forest Products Limited, Elaho Logging Ltd., and B.R. Adam Limited (Plaintiffs) and Barney Kern, John Doe, Jane Doe, and Persons Unknown (Defendants)
Supreme Court of B.C.
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