Law Reform
The BCCLA is invited to research and prepare submissions that, for example, offer legislative committees insight into the civil liberties implications of proposed laws and amendments to laws.
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2011
- Bill C-41, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Jason Gratl, March 21, 2011 - Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions)
Carmen Cheung, Feb 11, 2011 - Airline passenger information to foreign countries
Micheal Vonn, Nov 25, 2010 - Long-form Census
Micheal Vonn, Aug 27, 2010 - Canadian and American
No-Fly lists
Micheal Vonn, Apr 29, 2010 - Submission to Health Canada regarding medical marijuana program and compassion clubs
- Iacobucci and O'Connor
reports
Shirley Heafey, Mar 4, 2009 - Joint Submission of the BCCLA and the B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association to the Legislative Assembly on Bill 20 – 2010 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010: Video Surveillance in Schools
- Submission to The Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Submission to Ministry of Health Living and Sport on proposed amendments to the Communicable Disease Regulation confidentiality provisions
- Frank Paul Inquiry - BCCLA's final submission
- TASERS
Murray Mollard, Apr 4, 2008 - Regulation of violent broadcasting
Catherine Wong, Mar 11, 2008 - Age of sexual
consent
Kirk Tousaw, Feb 25, 2008 - Security Certificates and
Special
Advocates
Amir Attaran, Feb 11, 2008 - Anti-terrorism
Jason Gratl, Feb 4, 2008 - Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Regarding Tasers
- Security Certificates and
Special
Advocates
Murray Mollard, Dec 4, 2007 - Citizenship & Immigration:
"Lost
Canadians"
Jason Gratl/Christina Godlewska, Mar 26, 2007 - Iacobucci Inquiry: International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and BCCLA outline procedures to be followed
- Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
- Securing Compliance, Protecting Privacy The PIPEDA Enforcement Evaluation Research Project
- Scanning and storing the information contained on the driver's licenses of bar patrons
- Information and Privacy Commissioner: regarding a complaint against Canadian Tire
- BCCLA Supplementary Submission to the Arar Commission Policy Review
- National Security: Curbing the excess to protect freedom and democracy
- Commission of Inquiry into the actions of Canadian officials in relation to Maher Arar
- To the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding roadside drug testing
- Citizens' Inquiry on Defence, Security and Canada-U.S. Relations
- Implications for the USA Patriot Act on government outsourcing
- Bylaws that require businesses to collect personal information and make it available to police agencies
- Regarding amendments to child pornography statutes
- Charter challenge to Translink's policy of banning political advertising on buses
- Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Human Rights Code
- An act to amend the Criminal Code (protections of children) and the Canada Evidence Act
- To
the Special Committee on the Non Medical Use of Drugs
(Bill C-38) - Roadside Drug Testing
- Bill C-17, the Public Safety Act
- To the Standing Committee on Citizenship & Immigration Regarding a National ID Card
- A National ID Card For All Canadians? Fools' Gold or the Mother Lode of All Databases?
- Special Committee to review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Lawful Access
- Response to DNA Data Bank Legislation Consultation Paper
- Draft Guidelines for television coverage of court proceedings
- Special Committee to review the police complaint process
- Review of the mental disorder provisions of the Criminal Code
- Bill C-17, the Blood Samples Act, to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
- Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Human Rights Code
- To the Standing Committee on Health on draft human reproduction legislation
- Presentation to the Special Committee on the non-medicinal use of drugs
- Justice and Human Rights on Bill C-36, Anti-Terrorism Act
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