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Eye on the ball folks — DULF Charter challenge begins in four days.

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DULF is a humanist organization that has saved lives. They did what the government has failed to do & regulated the drugs people were already using. That same government is charging them with crimes for not sitting idly by & watching more people die preventable deaths from an unregulated drug supply

Hey Sask Govt: I highly recommend you read the BC Human Rights Commission’s report on the toxic drug crisis and pay particular attention to the section on involuntary treatment ⬇️

BC Human Rights Commission releases a report on a human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis

Photo of me (older white woman with blond medium-length hair) in the atrium of the RA hospital, wearing a red dress holding a photo of my late son Danny. My eyes are closer in silent reflection.

This photo was taken during the press conference for the opening of the consumption site at the RA Hospital in #yeg.
The photographer caught me in a private moment reflecting how such a site could saved Danny.
The closure of the SCS means more people suffer and more families mourn.
#ABpoli

It’s Addictions awareness week and Prairie Harm Reduction in #yxe is sharing some real information about safe consumption sites. Don’t believe fear mongering from conservatives and the now conservative adjacent Liberals

Where are all the 2020 freedom folks?? Where’s the freedom convoy? They should be out in the streets as we speak .

Why are they all of sudden so silent when real freedoms and rights are being violated?

Alberta went after workers first, and now they’re going after children and anyone who identifies as female. They’re shoving down law after law using the notwithstanding clause and stripping away rights. This is anti-democratic. It’s authoritarianism, pure and simple. UCP ‘freedumb' for ya.

I’d say a long time ago, maybe when Harper tried to stop insite from opening in Vancouver, although it goes farther back than that

Imagine using the notwithstanding withstanding clause to remove the rights and powers of all Conservatives to ensure a better world.

They'd lose their fucking minds.

They'd also never admit that they are okay doing it to others.

Alberta and Sask trying to one-up each other on how many of their citizens they can harm

a poster that says trans rights are human rights with a person holding two flags ALT: a poster that says trans rights are human rights with a person holding two flags

Every Canadian, no matter where you live, should be outraged over Alberta's UCP government using the Notwithstanding clause to trample the rights of yet another group of citizens, especially after losing their court challenge to restrict 2SLGBTQ's human rights.
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CFO reports Canada Post is 'effectively insolvent' as losses skyrocket to $1B through Q3 Amid 20-month contract dispute with CUPW, Crown corporation's chief financial officer Rindala El-Hage reveals 'unprecedented' operating numbers at annual meeting — an eighth straight year of losses.

FFS! Canada Post is NOT a business. It is a public service, like parks and fire departments. Decide what services it should provide and fund it properly.

Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?

Look.

It’s not surprising why “young people” are “saying no” to marriage and childbearing/rearing.

THEY CAN’T FUCKING AFFORD TO LIVE.

I don’t know why this is a mystery.

When I was in my 20s I rented a whole ass 4br house for $550/month all in. Groceries and bills were $200/month.

In 2019, the federal government assembled 13 experts to create guidance on safer supply.

In 2023, the committee provided two final reports. These were promptly buried, and my attempt to get them yielded giant blocks of black ink.

Who silenced the recommendations?
drugdatadecoded.ca/who-killed-t...

This is disgraceful of cowardly governments who caved to fear mongering conservatives and ignored the experts who recommended safe supply be scaled up. How many people have died since? Shame

Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply

YouTube video by the fifth estate The political war on safe drugs | Full episode | the fifth estate

The political war on safer drugs. Canada’s toxic drug crisis has led to tens of thousands of deaths and cost the health and justice systems billions. But politics keep getting in the way of solutions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJ-... via @cbcnews.ca

Unbelievable

I wonder How many people died because the cowardly Trudeau govt chose to ignore recommendations by a panel of experts to implement safe supply? Presented with a solution & evidence that it works.

But Conservative fear mongering apparently works better, everyone in power loses courage and caves.

Hey Sask Government,

“When public policy on substance use and treatment of people who use drugs is based on stigma and morality, rather than evidence and respect for fundamental human dignity, harmful policies result.”

There is still time to halt your plans for harmful forced treatment.

“Treating people who use drugs as if their health issues are moral failings is a violation of their human rights”

They’re at risk of dying from opioid overdose. The government cut funding that could help them | CBC News As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled bac...

“The fifth estate obtained internal Health Canada reports that reveal the federal government was advised by its own experts to expand access to a greater range of safe and regulated drugs for people across Canada.”

From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

They’re at risk of dying from opioid overdose. The government cut funding that could help them | CBC News As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled bac...

It wasn't just drug users, social scientists, Dr. Henry, BC's Chief Coroner.. turns out Health Canada’s expert committee was also urging the govt to expand safe supply.

Instead of listening to science + lived experience, the feds & the BC NDP decided to kill safe supply. shorturl.at/VdxHc

A majority of Albertans support a general strike in response to Danielle Smith and the UCP invoking the Notwithstanding clause to suspend teachers’ Charter rights.

#Canada #CanadaSky #Alberta #abed #abpse #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

This month, the City of Saskatoon published the findings from their annual Civic Satisfaction and Performance survey. To us, these statistics are a reminder that we have the strength of numbers on our side.

“Hung Out to Dry”—DULF Pair Convicted But Plan Challenge Compassion club founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx are convicted, but the judge's comments could fuel their constitutional challenge.

"DULF’s pilot project worked,” said the BC Supreme Court judge of the Vancouver compassion club.

She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:

And remember this is not a province wide approval rating , this is note a randomized poll, this is only the paying party members that showed up in person at convention

More than 80% But less than 81% of Sask Party members vote to continue to harm children, criminalize health issues like mental health & addictions, & crap on the working people of this province.Supporting Danielle smith lite will ensure Sask party remains unelectable in large parts of the province

For sure