Registration - Organization

BC Civil Liberties Association / Liza Hughes, Executive Director

Registration Information

Organization name: BC Civil Liberties Association
Previous Organization names
Senior Officer Name: Liza Hughes, Executive Director
Senior Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2010-04-27
Registration status: Active
Projected end date: No date provided
Registration number: 9627-418

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 35

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 0

Version 25 of 28 (2024-03-11 to 2024-03-26)

Registration versions:

Version 25 of 28 (2024-03-11 to 2024-03-26)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Letter to Premier Horgan asking that BC’s mandatory 3 month waiting period for Provincial health insurance for immigrants be removed to comply with international human rights and to protect the health of all British Columbians amidst a deadly global pandemic	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Health
Letter urging City of Nelson to support the development of inhalation overdose prevention services	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Mental Health and Addictions
Letter urging Mike Farnworth to direct the withdrawal of RCMP presence on Wet'suwet'en territory	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Justice and Law Enforcement
Letter urging Premier to withdraw Bill 22 and its amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protections of Privacy Act.	Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly	Freedom of Information
Letter urging the city to stop the street sweeps and decampment of resident of the DTES without proper housing plan in place to replace the camps.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Housing
Letter urging the province to address areas of concern regarding the proof of vaccination health order including vaccination access for migrants, rights of people living in poverty and without access to identification, and people who cannot be vaccinated due to health conditions.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	COVID-19
Letter urging the province to cancel their agreement with CBSA which allows immigrants and refugees to be held in provincial jails	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Justice and Law Enforcement
Letter urging the province to cancel their agreement with CBSA which allows immigrants and refugees to be held in provincial jails	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Justice and Law Enforcement
Letter urging the province to disband the C-IRG police unit as a result of the incidents of assault, violence, and unlawful conduct on pacifist Indigenous communities resisting industrial resource operations.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Justice and Law Enforcement
Letter urging the province to respect the right of people experiencing homelessness to set up tents and temporary housing, provide better housing option for that population, require landlords to fix plumbing in SROs, procure shelter-rate housing units across the city.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Housing
Meeting with minister to discuss MMIWG2S-related legislation and urge more preventative action and justice for victims of anti-indigenous violence.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Met with minister to call for certain actions in response to homelessness and encampments in the Province.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Housing
Met with minister to call for certain actions in response to homelessness and encampments in the Province.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Housing
Press release condemning the deployment of RCMP on Wet'suwet'en land, and urging Premier Horgan to withdraw RCMP presence on such lands.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Justice and Law Enforcement
Several days of actions, conferences, drafting supporting documentation for hearing and city motion to cancel the BC corrections agreement with the CBSA, which would allow immigrants and refugees to be held in provincial jails.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Justice and Law Enforcement
Tweet condeming David Eby's suggestion that the state should be able to involuntarily detain and force treatment on people who use drugs.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly	Justice and Law Enforcement
Wrote an open letter urging the removal of sections 1 and 2 from Bill 45, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 4), 2023. These provisions defined adequate alternative shelter for the purspose of granting injunctions to evict tent cities.	Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly	Housing
Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Letter expressing concern about, and urging against, the single legal regulator model, which would permit government overreach to control and influence self regulation of lawyers putting at risk the integriy of legal defense, especially in cases brought forward against the government.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Justice and Law Enforcement

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Attorney General
Health
Housing
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Municipal Affairs
Office of the Premier

Organization Details

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Liza Hughes, Executive Director

Organization Contact Information

BC Civil Liberties Association

Address:
306-268 Keefer St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1X5
Canada

Telephone number: 604-595-8925

Description of Activities

The BC Civil Liberties Association was established in 1962. Our mandate is to preserve, defend, maintain and extend civil liberties and human rights in Canada. We achieve our mandate through our Advocacy in Action, Public Policy, Community Education, and Justice programs. The BCCLA is an autonomous, non-partisan charitable society.

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity.

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
BC Games Society	$77,000.00	2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
BC Games Society	$77,000.00	2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

View all received government funding history

Coalition Members Information

BC Civil Liberties Association is not a coalition member.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

BC Civil Liberties Association does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of BC Civil Liberties Association are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Lobbyists Details

Lobbyists Employed by this Organization

Lobbyist

Contributions

Safiyya Ahmad
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No