It’s been a long haul, but CLAS is very relieved and gratified to see that its years of hard work and persistence on behalf of a group of Indo-Canadian veterinarians operating discount clinics in the Lower Mainland has […]
CLAS has long advocated for measures to reduce barriers in our tenancy laws for those who are fleeing family violence. This week the B.C. government introduced a bill into the provincial legislature that would, if passed, allow tenants fleeing family violence to […]
Today, in Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users v. Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association and the City of Vancouver, the BC Supreme Court found that the Downtown Ambassadors program has engaged in discriminatory conduct against homeless people. West Coast […]
This spring, CLAS represented a worker whose claim for workers’ compensation was denied because of a misapprehension made by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) regarding a doctor’s evidence about the worker’s injury.
The worker was employed as a press operator at […]
CLAS, along with the BC Federation of Labour, recently argued a case at the BC Court of Appeal that raises important access to justice concerns for injured workers involved with the workers’ compensation system in British Columbia.
Currently, the final level of […]
This summer, CLAS represented several tenants of Crest Estates manufactured home park in Nanaimo in a judicial review about whether their landlord is entitled to increase their rent by up to 76%.
Crest Estates manufactured home park applied for an […]
Is it in the public interest to ensure that prisoners have access to life saving medication? That was the situation faced by our client. He was denied his HIV medication 36 times over a two year period. His doctor thought it […]
CLAS is representing several tenants of Crest Estates manufactured home park in Nanaimo in a judicial review about whether their landlord is entitled to increase their rent by up to 76%. Many of the tenants have lived at Crest Estates for […]
Over the last few months, the provincial government has been consulting on issues impacting people with disabilities. CLAS, BCCPD, Inclusion BC, BCANDS, CMHA-BC and SPARC BC have prepared a joint submission and made six recommendations to help make BC a progressive […]
