On September 25, 2012, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, along with a former prisoner and community partners, launched a
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Open Letter to the Government of Canada re: Urgent action to prevent further human rights violations against LGBTQ people and end hate laws
“We welcome your public statements as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs condemning the adoption of anti‐LGBTQ laws in Russia, Nigeria and Uganda…. However, such statements are not enough…. We therefore call upon the Government of Canada to act, individually and in concert with other like‐minded governments, to defend the fundamental human rights of LGBTQ people. … Read more
Civil Society letter to Canadian Senate re: support of Bill C-279: An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (Gender Identity)
“The following organizations, representing a broad cross section of civil society groups from across Canada, urge the Senate to pass Bill C-279, the Gender Identity Bill, as drafted and without delay, to ensure that the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canadian Criminal Code protect the human rights of all people in Canada.”
Don’t Trade Away Health: Brief to Canada’s Minister of International Trade Regarding the Trans‐Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Access to Medicines
Billions of people around the world lack access to life‐saving medicines. While this is because of a number of synergistic causes, one critical factor is the prohibitively high cost of patent‐monopolized medications. Provisions currently being negotiated for the Trans‐Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) risk exacerbating this situation, which for many is a matter of life and … Read more
Letter to Canadian Minister of International Trade re: Trans‐Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement and safeguarding access to medicines
“We, the undersigned civil society organizations, write to you in order to express our deep concern with some of the provisions proposed for the intellectual property, pharmaceutical pricing and investment chapters of the Trans‐Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP). We are concerned that the measures currently being considered could lead to an agreement that would hamper the ability of millions … Read more