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On the new episode of our podcast – available this morning – we speak to two of the Interveners in the Charter Challenge. Listen to our conversations with Emily Hill from Aboriginal Legal Services and Demar Kemar Hewitt from the Black Legal Action Centre here:
www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/podcast...

Packing up and moving is not reasonable. The Neighbourhood Group and KMOPS provide a range of other services beyond CTS - including showers and meals - that can't be moved with the CTS.

#SaveOurSites #CTSontario #CTSsavesLives #CTScourtchallenge #SaveCTS #Ontario #ONpoli #SayYesToHealth

Doug Ford to crack down on homeless encampments with fines for drug use and more funding The premier said his government will earmark an additional $75.5 million on shelters and ensure cities are spending the money to help those in need.

“We want to help people, we don’t want to punish people,” the premier said at a Queen’s Park press conference where he announced amendments to the Trespass to Property Act.”

Helping by throwing people in jail and giving them $10k fines for the crime of poverty and not having a home?

Legal action against supervised consumption site legislation A social services agency is announcing legal action against the Ford Government's legislation to close some supervised consumption sites.

Exciting day! Proud of TNG and the individual applicants.

Alan Young, lawyer and scholar known for landmark legal challenges, dies at age 69 TORONTO - York University says Alan Young, a lawyer and legal scholar known for leading the challenge of Canada’s prostitution laws before the country's top court, has died at age

Alan Young, lawyer and scholar known for landmark legal challenges, dies at age 69. He was a trailblazing lawyer who challenged Canada's archaic laws on sex work, cannabis, and more. www.thestar.com/news/ontario... via @thestar.com

'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is falling. Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them – unconditionally

HOUSING THE HOMELESS SAVES MONEY IN FINLAND: “a recent study showed the savings in emergency healthcare, social services & the justice system totalled as much as €15,000 a year for every homeless person in properly supported housing.”

It works AND it saves money.
www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/...

YouTube video by Canadian Drug Policy Coalition Moms Stop the Harm: Petra Schulz's Testimony before House of Commons Standing Committee on Health

On 04/29/24, @msthpetra.bsky.social testified before the Standing Committee on Health on the urgent need to prioritize harm reduction, voluntary and accountable treatment options, address social determinants of health, and emphasize that regulated alternatives save lives.

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Watch this amazing episode on TVO to learn about supervised consumption services. This is one of the sites the province is slating close. Closures will have deadly consequences. Legislation is apparently being tabled Monday but they’ve already defunded them for april 1. www.tvo.org/video/how-do...