Bill C-2 (An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) undermines the rights of people who use drugs to access lifesaving and health-protecting services.
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Punishing condition: Richard Elliott and Michael Orsini on why the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure is a step backwards
The following op-ed was published in the November 24, 2014 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press. Michael Orsini is director of the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies and associate professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Richard Elliott is executive director of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. We’ve made great … Read more
More than a Motion: Tanudjaja and the Fight for Affordable Housing (Part 2)
November 21, 2014 Read Part 1 here In May 2014, social justice activists and lawyers, representatives of non-profit organizations, federal and provincial government lawyers and interested public crowded into the Ontario Court of Appeal to hear an appeal of a motion to dismiss in Tanudjaja v. Canada. The courtroom was so packed that a satellite … Read more
HIV and the Right to Housing: An Intro to the Tanudjaja Case (Part 1)
November 13, 2014 In Canada, November 22nd is National Housing Strategy Day, an important time to reflect on housing and homelessness in our country. #NationalHousingDay — You can read more here. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of coming home. Sliding the key into your door lock, you enter a space that’s yours and protects … Read more
Submission to House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration re: ss. 172 and 173 of Budget Bill C-43 (period of residence)
“On behalf of the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO) and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (Legal Network), please accept this brief recommending that sections 172 and 173 of Budget Bill C-43 be withdrawn.”
Letter to Hon. Mark Golding, Jamaica’s Minister of Justice re: Review of Sexual Offences Act
“We are deeply concerned about the continued criminalization of consensual sexual relationships between adult men in Jamaica and the stigmatization, marginalization and violence that it helps perpetuate. Our concern has intensified in recent years in light of a seeming surge in virulent expressions of hatred, up to and including mob assaults, torture and murder, directed … Read more
School’s back — and, unfortunately, so is Bill C-36
From September 9 to 11, testimony on Bill C-36 (the so- called Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act) was heard by the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Stéphanie Claivaz-Loranger, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Policy Analyst, and network member Kara Gillies presented to the Committee, voicing strong opposition to the bill as it will greatly affect the … Read more