I see Canada was a sponsor of the resolution at the UN HRC on Realizing ESC rights socialrights.ca/2025/A_HRC_5... supporting ratification of the optional complaints procedure (OP-ICESCR)! @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social & @melaniejolycan.bsky.social
I hope Canada will follow that recommendation!!!
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First skate of the season under a full moon rising
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Letter to Ontario Premier Ford - December 2.pdf
450 legal scholars and practitioners tell Doug Ford that invoking the notwithstanding clause to deprive homeless people and others of their Charter rights would undermine the foundations of constitutional democracy in Canada.
drive.google.com/file/d/1F3hN...
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