We are going to court on March 24 and 25, 2025!
A constitutional challenge will be heard in Ontario Superior Court in Toronto on Monday, March 24. This challenge, brought forward by The Neighbourhood Group and two individual Applicants, will determine whether a number of life-saving supervised consumption sites (also known as Consumption and Treatment Services) in the province can continue to operate past the end of March 2025.
Legal Documents:
- Factum of the Applicants in The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, Katharine Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues v. Ontario
- Applicants Record in The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, Katharine Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues v. Ontario
- Factum of Ontario in The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, Katharine Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues v. Ontario
- Ontario’s Record in The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, Katharine Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues v. Ontario
- Combined factums of the interveners in The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, Katharine Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues v. Ontario
Backgrounders
- Backgrounder – Charter challenge to the Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024
- An overview of the Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024
- Rapid Q&A on the Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024
Media Releases and Statements
December 10, 2024
Media Release: The Neighbourhood Group Community Services Files Charter Challenge Against Community Care and Recovery Act
November 27, 2024
Media Statement: The Government of Ontario is Attempting to Force Through a Deadly Drug Policy Bill
August 20, 2024
Media Statement – Government of Ontario Plan Will Lead to More Preventable Drug Poisoning Deaths