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B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1. It is not appropriate to use continuous or “always on” surveillance if one of the purposes is to manage employee productivity. An employer should use a less privacy-invasive means of managing productivity; 2. Cameras may be appropriate if: There is a legitimate, demonstrable, operational need for cameras for securitypurposes; There is
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORK Employers with in-house occupational health and safety departments must ensure that health information is retained locally in that department with strict access controls to ensure the information is kept confidential. (1) Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s disability up to the point that accommodating theemployee puts an
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS The white nationalist insurrection at the Capitol in the US on January 6, 2021, prompted the Canadian government to, first, unanimously pass an unofficial motion at the House of Commons and, subsequently, officially designate the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. POWERS OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS Powers of Conservation Officers WHAT IS THE ISSUE? The Conservation Officer Service (“COS”) is a government office focused on naturalresource law
BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 BCCLA, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC CIVIL Post Welcome to our new staff! Post We’re hiring a Director of People and Operations! Post Thank you to our Fall 2019 Communications and Development Volunteers! The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visit www.bccla.org. CHALLENGING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AT THE CULLEN COMMISSION Anti-Asian racism has played a significant role in public discourse about money laundering in British Columbia. There is a disproportionate focus on money from China in news stories about money laundering and a strong tendency to conflate foreign money with dirty money. Consider, for example, the B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG AND A General Rule: Drug Testing Is Permissible Only In Limited Circumstances. So it can be said that generally, employers in Canada cannot use mandatory drug testing for all employees. However, some alcohol and drug testing, in limited and specific circumstances, is permitted by law. As in all cases involving privacy rights, theprivacy rights of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1. It is not appropriate to use continuous or “always on” surveillance if one of the purposes is to manage employee productivity. An employer should use a less privacy-invasive means of managing productivity; 2. Cameras may be appropriate if: There is a legitimate, demonstrable, operational need for cameras for securitypurposes; There is
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORK Employers with in-house occupational health and safety departments must ensure that health information is retained locally in that department with strict access controls to ensure the information is kept confidential. (1) Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s disability up to the point that accommodating theemployee puts an
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS The white nationalist insurrection at the Capitol in the US on January 6, 2021, prompted the Canadian government to, first, unanimously pass an unofficial motion at the House of Commons and, subsequently, officially designate the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. POWERS OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS Powers of Conservation Officers WHAT IS THE ISSUE? The Conservation Officer Service (“COS”) is a government office focused on naturalresource law
WELCOME NEWLY ELECTED BOARD DIRECTORS Maureen is a labour and constitutional lawyer, activist, and writer. As Co‑Chair of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, she was involved in the Arar Inquiry and a number of important Charter challenges. She spearheaded the International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance. Sponsored by ICLMG, Amnesty, the ACLU, and others, over BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND YOUR RIGHTS From November 23-25, 2020, the Cullen Commission turned its attention to virtual assets, including blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Photo by: André François McKenzie. While virtual assets and cryptocurrencies may seem like niche issues today, they are being taken seriously by governments, financial institutions, and technologycompanies.
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS For the past twenty years, the BCCLA has been raising the alarm about Canada’s post 9/11 national security legislation that, generally speaking, subverts minimal standards of presumption of innocence, violates the right to due process, authorizes arrest and detention without charge or arrest simply by association, and often relies onsecret evidence.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: BACKGROUND CHECKS (1) See Order 07-01 Finning Canada, at para. 56 (2) SAS Institute (Canada) Inc., Investigation Report P2005-IR-008 (3) For example, the Criminal Records Review Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 86 requires BC government employers, including school boards, health care facilities, government and government agencies to carry out a criminal records check on employees hired to work with children, but not until BELONGING IN BC: GIVING PERMANENT RESIDENTS THE RIGHT TO Permanent Residents share much in common with citizens. They live, work, play, study, pay taxes, send their kids to schools, have access to healthcare coverage, and are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. According to the 2016 Read More → A NATIONAL ID CARD BY STEALTH? 8 to ensure the free flow of citizens’ personal information across government ministries, accessible via hundreds or thousands of portals. As such, it contrasts starkly with theCOVID-19 ARCHIVES
Posted on July 16, 2020. Topic: COVID-19, Prisoners' Rights. Type: Handbooks and Resources. 1. 2. 3. ». The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visitwww.bccla.org.
LEGAL CASES ARCHIVES Type: Legal Cases. Document Teksavvy v. Bell Media et al. Posted on July 3, 2020. The BCCLA is intervening in Teksavvy v. Bell Media et al., a case which raises important and novel civil liberties issues related to freedom of expression in the context of internet regulation. The Plaintiffs, Bell Media, Rogers Inc. and Groupe . B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO Duty of Employers to Accommodate. Under human rights law, all employers are subject to a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities up to the point that the duty imposes an undue hardship on the employer. The employer is allowed to discriminate in hiring or continuing to employ a person with a disability only if the employeeor prospective
BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 BCCLA, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC CIVIL Post Welcome to our new staff! Post We’re hiring a Director of People and Operations! Post Thank you to our Fall 2019 Communications and Development Volunteers! The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visit www.bccla.org. CHALLENGING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AT THE CULLEN COMMISSION Anti-Asian racism has played a significant role in public discourse about money laundering in British Columbia. There is a disproportionate focus on money from China in news stories about money laundering and a strong tendency to conflate foreign money with dirty money. Consider, for example, the B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG AND A General Rule: Drug Testing Is Permissible Only In Limited Circumstances. So it can be said that generally, employers in Canada cannot use mandatory drug testing for all employees. However, some alcohol and drug testing, in limited and specific circumstances, is permitted by law. As in all cases involving privacy rights, theprivacy rights of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1. It is not appropriate to use continuous or “always on” surveillance if one of the purposes is to manage employee productivity. An employer should use a less privacy-invasive means of managing productivity; 2. Cameras may be appropriate if: There is a legitimate, demonstrable, operational need for cameras for securitypurposes; There is
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORK Employers with in-house occupational health and safety departments must ensure that health information is retained locally in that department with strict access controls to ensure the information is kept confidential. (1) Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s disability up to the point that accommodating theemployee puts an
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS The white nationalist insurrection at the Capitol in the US on January 6, 2021, prompted the Canadian government to, first, unanimously pass an unofficial motion at the House of Commons and, subsequently, officially designate the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. POWERS OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS Powers of Conservation Officers WHAT IS THE ISSUE? The Conservation Officer Service (“COS”) is a government office focused on naturalresource law
BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 BCCLA, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC CIVIL Post Welcome to our new staff! Post We’re hiring a Director of People and Operations! Post Thank you to our Fall 2019 Communications and Development Volunteers! The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visit www.bccla.org. CHALLENGING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AT THE CULLEN COMMISSION Anti-Asian racism has played a significant role in public discourse about money laundering in British Columbia. There is a disproportionate focus on money from China in news stories about money laundering and a strong tendency to conflate foreign money with dirty money. Consider, for example, the B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG AND A General Rule: Drug Testing Is Permissible Only In Limited Circumstances. So it can be said that generally, employers in Canada cannot use mandatory drug testing for all employees. However, some alcohol and drug testing, in limited and specific circumstances, is permitted by law. As in all cases involving privacy rights, theprivacy rights of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1. It is not appropriate to use continuous or “always on” surveillance if one of the purposes is to manage employee productivity. An employer should use a less privacy-invasive means of managing productivity; 2. Cameras may be appropriate if: There is a legitimate, demonstrable, operational need for cameras for securitypurposes; There is
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORK Employers with in-house occupational health and safety departments must ensure that health information is retained locally in that department with strict access controls to ensure the information is kept confidential. (1) Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s disability up to the point that accommodating theemployee puts an
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS The white nationalist insurrection at the Capitol in the US on January 6, 2021, prompted the Canadian government to, first, unanimously pass an unofficial motion at the House of Commons and, subsequently, officially designate the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. POWERS OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS Powers of Conservation Officers WHAT IS THE ISSUE? The Conservation Officer Service (“COS”) is a government office focused on naturalresource law
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Posted on July 16, 2020. Topic: COVID-19, Prisoners' Rights. Type: Handbooks and Resources. 1. 2. 3. ». The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visitwww.bccla.org.
BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
LEGAL CASES ARCHIVES Type: Legal Cases. Document Teksavvy v. Bell Media et al. Posted on July 3, 2020. The BCCLA is intervening in Teksavvy v. Bell Media et al., a case which raises important and novel civil liberties issues related to freedom of expression in the context of internet regulation. The Plaintiffs, Bell Media, Rogers Inc. and Groupe . B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: BACKGROUND CHECKS (1) See Order 07-01 Finning Canada, at para. 56 (2) SAS Institute (Canada) Inc., Investigation Report P2005-IR-008 (3) For example, the Criminal Records Review Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 86 requires BC government employers, including school boards, health care facilities, government and government agencies to carry out a criminal records check on employees hired to work with children, but not until CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND YOUR RIGHTS From November 23-25, 2020, the Cullen Commission turned its attention to virtual assets, including blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Photo by: André François McKenzie. While virtual assets and cryptocurrencies may seem like niche issues today, they are being taken seriously by governments, financial institutions, and technologycompanies.
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS For the past twenty years, the BCCLA has been raising the alarm about Canada’s post 9/11 national security legislation that, generally speaking, subverts minimal standards of presumption of innocence, violates the right to due process, authorizes arrest and detention without charge or arrest simply by association, and often relies onsecret evidence.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO Duty of Employers to Accommodate. Under human rights law, all employers are subject to a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities up to the point that the duty imposes an undue hardship on the employer. The employer is allowed to discriminate in hiring or continuing to employ a person with a disability only if the employeeor prospective
WELCOME NEWLY ELECTED BOARD DIRECTORS Maureen is a labour and constitutional lawyer, activist, and writer. As Co‑Chair of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, she was involved in the Arar Inquiry and a number of important Charter challenges. She spearheaded the International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance. Sponsored by ICLMG, Amnesty, the ACLU, and others, over A NATIONAL ID CARD BY STEALTH? 8 to ensure the free flow of citizens’ personal information across government ministries, accessible via hundreds or thousands of portals. As such, it contrasts starkly with the BELONGING IN BC: GIVING PERMANENT RESIDENTS THE RIGHT TO Permanent Residents share much in common with citizens. They live, work, play, study, pay taxes, send their kids to schools, have access to healthcare coverage, and are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. According to the 2016 Read More → BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 BCCLA, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC CIVIL Post Welcome to our new staff! Post We’re hiring a Director of People and Operations! Post Thank you to our Fall 2019 Communications and Development Volunteers! The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visit www.bccla.org. CHALLENGING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AT THE CULLEN COMMISSION Anti-Asian racism has played a significant role in public discourse about money laundering in British Columbia. There is a disproportionate focus on money from China in news stories about money laundering and a strong tendency to conflate foreign money with dirty money. Consider, for example, the B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG AND A General Rule: Drug Testing Is Permissible Only In Limited Circumstances. So it can be said that generally, employers in Canada cannot use mandatory drug testing for all employees. However, some alcohol and drug testing, in limited and specific circumstances, is permitted by law. As in all cases involving privacy rights, theprivacy rights of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1. It is not appropriate to use continuous or “always on” surveillance if one of the purposes is to manage employee productivity. An employer should use a less privacy-invasive means of managing productivity; 2. Cameras may be appropriate if: There is a legitimate, demonstrable, operational need for cameras for securitypurposes; There is
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORK Employers with in-house occupational health and safety departments must ensure that health information is retained locally in that department with strict access controls to ensure the information is kept confidential. (1) Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s disability up to the point that accommodating theemployee puts an
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS The white nationalist insurrection at the Capitol in the US on January 6, 2021, prompted the Canadian government to, first, unanimously pass an unofficial motion at the House of Commons and, subsequently, officially designate the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. POWERS OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS Powers of Conservation Officers WHAT IS THE ISSUE? The Conservation Officer Service (“COS”) is a government office focused on naturalresource law
BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 BCCLA, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC CIVIL Post Welcome to our new staff! Post We’re hiring a Director of People and Operations! Post Thank you to our Fall 2019 Communications and Development Volunteers! The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visit www.bccla.org. CHALLENGING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AT THE CULLEN COMMISSION Anti-Asian racism has played a significant role in public discourse about money laundering in British Columbia. There is a disproportionate focus on money from China in news stories about money laundering and a strong tendency to conflate foreign money with dirty money. Consider, for example, the B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG AND A General Rule: Drug Testing Is Permissible Only In Limited Circumstances. So it can be said that generally, employers in Canada cannot use mandatory drug testing for all employees. However, some alcohol and drug testing, in limited and specific circumstances, is permitted by law. As in all cases involving privacy rights, theprivacy rights of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1. It is not appropriate to use continuous or “always on” surveillance if one of the purposes is to manage employee productivity. An employer should use a less privacy-invasive means of managing productivity; 2. Cameras may be appropriate if: There is a legitimate, demonstrable, operational need for cameras for securitypurposes; There is
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORK Employers with in-house occupational health and safety departments must ensure that health information is retained locally in that department with strict access controls to ensure the information is kept confidential. (1) Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s disability up to the point that accommodating theemployee puts an
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS The white nationalist insurrection at the Capitol in the US on January 6, 2021, prompted the Canadian government to, first, unanimously pass an unofficial motion at the House of Commons and, subsequently, officially designate the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. POWERS OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS Powers of Conservation Officers WHAT IS THE ISSUE? The Conservation Officer Service (“COS”) is a government office focused on naturalresource law
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Posted on July 16, 2020. Topic: COVID-19, Prisoners' Rights. Type: Handbooks and Resources. 1. 2. 3. ». The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visitwww.bccla.org.
BILL C-15 & IMPLEMENTING UNDRIP: WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN FOR The answer to that question ultimately lies with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis rights holders. However, the government of Canada is once again debating the application of United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) in Canada, a nation state that would not exist but for genocide and the theft and occupation ofIndigenous lands.
LEGAL CASES ARCHIVES Type: Legal Cases. Document Teksavvy v. Bell Media et al. Posted on July 3, 2020. The BCCLA is intervening in Teksavvy v. Bell Media et al., a case which raises important and novel civil liberties issues related to freedom of expression in the context of internet regulation. The Plaintiffs, Bell Media, Rogers Inc. and Groupe . B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: BACKGROUND CHECKS (1) See Order 07-01 Finning Canada, at para. 56 (2) SAS Institute (Canada) Inc., Investigation Report P2005-IR-008 (3) For example, the Criminal Records Review Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 86 requires BC government employers, including school boards, health care facilities, government and government agencies to carry out a criminal records check on employees hired to work with children, but not until CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND YOUR RIGHTS From November 23-25, 2020, the Cullen Commission turned its attention to virtual assets, including blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Photo by: André François McKenzie. While virtual assets and cryptocurrencies may seem like niche issues today, they are being taken seriously by governments, financial institutions, and technologycompanies.
SHOULD WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATIONS BE DESIGNATED AS For the past twenty years, the BCCLA has been raising the alarm about Canada’s post 9/11 national security legislation that, generally speaking, subverts minimal standards of presumption of innocence, violates the right to due process, authorizes arrest and detention without charge or arrest simply by association, and often relies onsecret evidence.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO Duty of Employers to Accommodate. Under human rights law, all employers are subject to a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities up to the point that the duty imposes an undue hardship on the employer. The employer is allowed to discriminate in hiring or continuing to employ a person with a disability only if the employeeor prospective
WELCOME NEWLY ELECTED BOARD DIRECTORS Maureen is a labour and constitutional lawyer, activist, and writer. As Co‑Chair of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, she was involved in the Arar Inquiry and a number of important Charter challenges. She spearheaded the International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance. Sponsored by ICLMG, Amnesty, the ACLU, and others, over A NATIONAL ID CARD BY STEALTH? 8 to ensure the free flow of citizens’ personal information across government ministries, accessible via hundreds or thousands of portals. As such, it contrasts starkly with the BELONGING IN BC: GIVING PERMANENT RESIDENTS THE RIGHT TO Permanent Residents share much in common with citizens. They live, work, play, study, pay taxes, send their kids to schools, have access to healthcare coverage, and are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. According to the 2016 Read More → BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919COVID-19 ARCHIVES
Posted on July 16, 2020. Topic: COVID-19, Prisoners' Rights. Type: Handbooks and Resources. 1. 2. 3. ». The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visitwww.bccla.org.
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Post Welcome to our new staff! Post We’re hiring a Director of People and Operations! Post Thank you to our Fall 2019 Communications and Development Volunteers! The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visit www.bccla.org. B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG ANDDOT PRE EMPLOYMENT DRUG TESTINGDRUG LAWS MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCESIS MANDATORY DRUG TESTING LEGALMANDATORY DRUG TESTING FACTSMANDATORY GUIDELINES FEDERALDRUG TESTING
A General Rule: Drug Testing Is Permissible Only In Limited Circumstances. So it can be said that generally, employers in Canada cannot use mandatory drug testing for all employees. However, some alcohol and drug testing, in limited and specific circumstances, is permitted by law. As in all cases involving privacy rights, theprivacy rights of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1. It is not appropriate to use continuous or “always on” surveillance if one of the purposes is to manage employee productivity. An employer should use a less privacy-invasive means of managing productivity; 2. Cameras may be appropriate if: There is a legitimate, demonstrable, operational need for cameras for securitypurposes; There is
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: BACKGROUND CHECKS (1) See Order 07-01 Finning Canada, at para. 56 (2) SAS Institute (Canada) Inc., Investigation Report P2005-IR-008 (3) For example, the Criminal Records Review Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 86 requires BC government employers, including school boards, health care facilities, government and government agencies to carry out a criminal records check on employees hired to work with children, but not until B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORKARMY EMPLOYER INFORMATIONEMPLOYER INFORMATION FORM Employers with in-house occupational health and safety departments must ensure that health information is retained locally in that department with strict access controls to ensure the information is kept confidential. (1) Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s disability up to the point that accommodating theemployee puts an
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre PROTESTS AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Protests and civil disobedience have played an important role for social and political change throughout our history. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association.While there are reasonable limits to these rights, courts have commented that protests and demonstrations in public places are highly protected forms ofexpression.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO Duty of Employers to Accommodate. Under human rights law, all employers are subject to a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities up to the point that the duty imposes an undue hardship on the employer. The employer is allowed to discriminate in hiring or continuing to employ a person with a disability only if the employeeor prospective
BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919COVID-19 ARCHIVES
Posted on July 16, 2020. Topic: COVID-19, Prisoners' Rights. Type: Handbooks and Resources. 1. 2. 3. ». The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visitwww.bccla.org.
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Post Welcome to our new staff! Post We’re hiring a Director of People and Operations! Post Thank you to our Fall 2019 Communications and Development Volunteers! The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visit www.bccla.org. B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG ANDDOT PRE EMPLOYMENT DRUG TESTINGDRUG LAWS MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCESIS MANDATORY DRUG TESTING LEGALMANDATORY DRUG TESTING FACTSMANDATORY GUIDELINES FEDERALDRUG TESTING
A General Rule: Drug Testing Is Permissible Only In Limited Circumstances. So it can be said that generally, employers in Canada cannot use mandatory drug testing for all employees. However, some alcohol and drug testing, in limited and specific circumstances, is permitted by law. As in all cases involving privacy rights, theprivacy rights of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1. It is not appropriate to use continuous or “always on” surveillance if one of the purposes is to manage employee productivity. An employer should use a less privacy-invasive means of managing productivity; 2. Cameras may be appropriate if: There is a legitimate, demonstrable, operational need for cameras for securitypurposes; There is
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: BACKGROUND CHECKS (1) See Order 07-01 Finning Canada, at para. 56 (2) SAS Institute (Canada) Inc., Investigation Report P2005-IR-008 (3) For example, the Criminal Records Review Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 86 requires BC government employers, including school boards, health care facilities, government and government agencies to carry out a criminal records check on employees hired to work with children, but not until B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORKARMY EMPLOYER INFORMATIONEMPLOYER INFORMATION FORM Employers with in-house occupational health and safety departments must ensure that health information is retained locally in that department with strict access controls to ensure the information is kept confidential. (1) Employers have a duty to accommodate an employee’s disability up to the point that accommodating theemployee puts an
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre PROTESTS AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Protests and civil disobedience have played an important role for social and political change throughout our history. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association.While there are reasonable limits to these rights, courts have commented that protests and demonstrations in public places are highly protected forms ofexpression.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO Duty of Employers to Accommodate. Under human rights law, all employers are subject to a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities up to the point that the duty imposes an undue hardship on the employer. The employer is allowed to discriminate in hiring or continuing to employ a person with a disability only if the employeeor prospective
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Posted on July 16, 2020. Topic: COVID-19, Prisoners' Rights. Type: Handbooks and Resources. 1. 2. 3. ». The BC Civil Liberties Association is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and individuals who believe in what we do. To support the BCCLA, visitwww.bccla.org.
LEGAL CASES ARCHIVES Type: Legal Cases. Document Teksavvy v. Bell Media et al. Posted on July 3, 2020. The BCCLA is intervening in Teksavvy v. Bell Media et al., a case which raises important and novel civil liberties issues related to freedom of expression in the context of internet regulation. The Plaintiffs, Bell Media, Rogers Inc. and Groupe . B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: YOUR RIGHT TO SUE FOR The Right to Sue for Invasion of Privacy under the Privacy Act – in BC Only. In British Columbia, an individual has a right to sue for invasion of privacy, and the B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: PRIVACY RIGHTS IN THE Two privacy laws apply only to organizations in the private sector and between them they cover every organization operating in the private sector in British Columbia. The Personal Information Protection Act (BC) (PIPA) is a law of BC and applies only in BC. Alberta also has a privacy law called the PROTESTS AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Protests and civil disobedience have played an important role for social and political change throughout our history. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association.While there are reasonable limits to these rights, courts have commented that protests and demonstrations in public places are highly protected forms B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL In British Columbia the law that protects privacy in the private sector is called the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). It applies to “every organization” except governments in the province, including municipal governments and the Nisga’a government and the courts. All types of organizations are covered, includingfor-profit
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE Surveillance is increasing throughout Canadian society. For example, organizations in the private sector and law enforcement agencies are increasingly using video cameras as a deterrent to crime and as an investigative tool. Individuals use webcams, cellphone cameras, spy tools and other recording HIV AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE Contents 1 Introduction to this handbook 3 2 Occupational exposure and HIV 5 3 The ‘transmission equation’ for HIV 7 4 Assessing the risk of an occupational exposure 9 OVERSIGHT AT THE BORDER 6 OVERSIGHT AT THE BORDER A Model for Independent Accountability at the Canada Border Services Agency INTRODUCTION IN THE EARLY MORNING of December 20, 2013, while in the custody and care of the CBSA, Lucía Vega Jiménez hanged herself in the Immigration Holding Centre severalstoreys below
A NATIONAL ID CARD BY STEALTH? 8 to ensure the free flow of citizens’ personal information across government ministries, accessible via hundreds or thousands of portals. As such, it contrasts starkly with the BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 BCCLA, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC CIVIL The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE The use of video surveillance in the workplace is increasing. It is seen by employers as a valuable tool to improve security and the safety of employees. However, employees can feel like they’re “being watched” by their employer in ways that violate their reasonable expectation of privacy B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG AND Drug and alcohol testing is increasingly being implemented in workplaces across Canada. The law has not yet caught up with thesedevelopments.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORK Information about your health is among the most sensitive types of personal information. Yet your employer might need such information to manage you and to meet its duties to accommodate your disabilities and to protect other workers and the workplace. How is the balance struck?A great deal of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: BACKGROUND CHECKS (1) See Order 07-01 Finning Canada, at para. 56 (2) SAS Institute (Canada) Inc., Investigation Report P2005-IR-008 (3) For example, the Criminal Records Review Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 86 requires BC government employers, including school boards, health care facilities, government and government agencies to carry out a criminal records check on employees hired to work with children, but not until B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO Under human rights law, all employers are subject to a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities up to the point that the duty imposes an undue hardship on the employer. The employer is allowed to discriminate in hiring or continuing to employ a person with a disability only if the employee PROTESTS AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Protests and civil disobedience have played an important role for social and political change throughout our history. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association.While there are reasonable limits to these rights, courts have commented that protests and demonstrations in public places are highly protected forms ofexpression.
MEGAN TWEEDIE, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC Email: Tel: 604.687.2919 Toll-free: 855.556.3566Fax: 604.687.3045
BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 BCCLA, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC CIVIL The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE The use of video surveillance in the workplace is increasing. It is seen by employers as a valuable tool to improve security and the safety of employees. However, employees can feel like they’re “being watched” by their employer in ways that violate their reasonable expectation of privacy B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: MANDATORY DRUG AND Drug and alcohol testing is increasingly being implemented in workplaces across Canada. The law has not yet caught up with thesedevelopments.
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: HEALTH INFORMATION AT WORK Information about your health is among the most sensitive types of personal information. Yet your employer might need such information to manage you and to meet its duties to accommodate your disabilities and to protect other workers and the workplace. How is the balance struck?A great deal of
B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: BACKGROUND CHECKS (1) See Order 07-01 Finning Canada, at para. 56 (2) SAS Institute (Canada) Inc., Investigation Report P2005-IR-008 (3) For example, the Criminal Records Review Act R.S.B.C. 1996 c. 86 requires BC government employers, including school boards, health care facilities, government and government agencies to carry out a criminal records check on employees hired to work with children, but not until B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO Under human rights law, all employers are subject to a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities up to the point that the duty imposes an undue hardship on the employer. The employer is allowed to discriminate in hiring or continuing to employ a person with a disability only if the employee PROTESTS AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Protests and civil disobedience have played an important role for social and political change throughout our history. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association.While there are reasonable limits to these rights, courts have commented that protests and demonstrations in public places are highly protected forms ofexpression.
MEGAN TWEEDIE, AUTHOR AT BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATIONBC Email: Tel: 604.687.2919 Toll-free: 855.556.3566Fax: 604.687.3045
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The BCCLA acknowledges the financial assistance of The Law Foundation of BC and the Province of British Columbia. Authorized by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, registered sponsor under the Elections Act, 604-630-2919 B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: POLICE RECORDS If you are arrested and charged, your personal information, including your name, fingerprints and what you’re charged with, will be collected by the police and entered into its computer system. It is entered into the PRIME – BC system and shared with the Canadian Police Information Centre LEGAL CASES ARCHIVES C.P v. Her Majesty the Queen is a critical case about the rights of young people in the criminal justice system. The Court will determine whether the Youth Criminal Justice Act violates the Charter by denying young people an automatic right B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: PRIVACY RIGHTS IN THE Two privacy laws apply only to organizations in the private sector and between them they cover every organization operating in the private sector in British Columbia. The Personal Information Protection Act (BC) (PIPA) is a law of BC and applies only in BC. Alberta also has a privacy law called the PROTESTS AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Protests and civil disobedience have played an important role for social and political change throughout our history. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association.While there are reasonable limits to these rights, courts have commented that protests and demonstrations in public places are highly protected forms B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: YOUR RIGHT TO SUE FOR The Right to Sue for Invasion of Privacy under the Privacy Act – in BC Only. In British Columbia, an individual has a right to sue for invasion of privacy, and the A TOOLKIT FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE BC POLICE ACT REVIEW A Toolkit for Submissions to the BC Police Act Review 3 3. Shift resources from policing to community safety and decriminalize social issues. BC has the shameful honour of the country’s highest rate of police-involved deaths. B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE Surveillance is increasing throughout Canadian society. For example, organizations in the private sector and law enforcement agencies are increasingly using video cameras as a deterrent to crime and as an investigative tool. Individuals use webcams, cellphone cameras, spy tools and other recording HIV AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE Contents 1 Introduction to this handbook 3 2 Occupational exposure and HIV 5 3 The ‘transmission equation’ for HIV 7 4 Assessing the risk of an occupational exposure 9 OVERSIGHT AT THE BORDER 6 OVERSIGHT AT THE BORDER A Model for Independent Accountability at the Canada Border Services Agency INTRODUCTION IN THE EARLY MORNING of December 20, 2013, while in the custody and care of the CBSA, Lucía Vega Jiménez hanged herself in the Immigration Holding Centre severalstoreys below
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