Michael Bryant

• Lack of transparency undermined Downtown Eastside consultancy, advocate says

  B.C. Premier David Eby announced Tuesday that the province had terminated its contract with Michael Bryant, three months into his six-month term.

  Politics

  May 21, 2025
  
• More details revealed about contract for Premier Eby’s Downtown Eastside adviser

  Earlier this week,  David Eby’s office confirmed Michael Bryant was appointed to the consultancy in February on a six-month contract worth $150,000.

  Politics

  May 16, 2025
  
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• Questions raised about B.C. Downtown Eastside consultant’s exit from Legal Aid job

  BC Conservative MLAs this time raised questions about Michael Bryant's unexplained departure from his last job as the CEO of Legal Aid B.C.

  Politics

  May 14, 2025
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• Civil liberties group launches legal action against N.B. for greater abortion access

  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has sent a letter and statement of claim to the province's attorney general.

  Health

  Oct 30, 2020
• Canada-U.S. border should stay shut but provincial ones shouldn’t harden: experts

  As the world begins to relax coronavirus lockdowns, provincial borders should not be treated like international ones, B.C.'s health minister says.

  Canada

  May 10, 2020
• Coronavirus: Civil liberties group calls for tickets, fines to be forgiven

  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has received at least 100 public complaints over the past 10 days from those who have been ticketed by bylaw or police officers for defying emergency management offences such as jogging on golf courses or exercising in parks.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2020
• Canadian Civil Liberties Association files lawsuit over Sidewalk Labs project

  The association announced it was filing suit against the federal, provincial and municipal governments as well as Waterfront Toronto.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2019
• P.E.I. whistleblowers consider legal options after report on privacy violation

  A report released last month by the privacy commissioner - completed six years after the initial complaint - found the province breached the basic privacy rights of three women who held a September 2011 news conference to allege fraud and bribery in a provincial immigration program.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2018
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• Advocates say Ontario law banning panhandling should be repealed

  More homeless people than ever are being ticketed for panhandling in Toronto under Ontario’s Safe Streets Act. Advocates say it’s time to repeal the law altogether.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2014