A two-day hearing that has significant implications for how courts handle sexual assault cases is underway at the Supreme Court of Canada. We are intervening alongside WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre in the two appeals being heard together—R. v J.J. Read More
West Coast LEAF and WAVAW have been granted leave to jointly intervene in two appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada that address the constitutionality of new protections for complainants in sexual assault trials. The cases, R. v J.J. Read More
Does the law protect your right to consent to sex on the condition that a condom be worn? Is it fraud if an intimate partner removes a condom without your knowledge or sabotages it during sex? Is condom removal Read More
On Friday, June 4, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Colucci v Colucci, setting out much needed clarifications in child support law that make it easier for mothers and other single parents to receive the child support that they Read More
Last week, West Coast LEAF was granted intervenor status in a case about child welfare agencies’ access to personal information about caregivers and children held by third parties, including records held by health care providers, counsellors, and the police. Read More
Last week, West Coast LEAF provided written submissions to the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act. After public outcry over systemic discrimination in policing, there has been a groundswell of demand for change. The BC Legislature has appointed Read More
With BC Budget 2021 released yesterday, the province has missed an historic opportunity to leverage the federal commitments to gender equity and rebuild crumbling provincial systems that have been gutted or allowed to languish over many decades. Going into Read More
Today, on Human Rights Day and the final day of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we have released our report card assessing how the BC government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected gender equality. The Read More
