{"id":24761,"date":"2025-03-25T08:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/?post_type=blog22&#038;p=24761"},"modified":"2025-03-25T09:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:39:06","slug":"podcast-talking-to-interveners-in-the-charter-challenge-to-ontarios-plan-to-close-safe-consumption-sites","status":"publish","type":"blog22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/podcast-talking-to-interveners-in-the-charter-challenge-to-ontarios-plan-to-close-safe-consumption-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Talking to Interveners in the Charter Challenge to Ontario&#8217;s Plan to Close Safe Consumption Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4tRxTMEpfhDpyelykKNQY3?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"e-9652-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-iAJcmt kMXkFi\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">This week, the Ontario Superior Court will hear a constitutional challenge brought forward by The Neighbourhood Group Community Services and two individual applicants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"e-9652-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-iAJcmt kMXkFi\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">This legal challenge is against the \u00a0Government of Ontario\u2019s so-called <\/span><\/span><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-iAJcmt kMXkFi\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"><em>Community Care and Recovery Act<\/em><\/span><\/span><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-iAJcmt kMXkFi\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\"> \u2014 which, among other harms, will require a number of Consumption and Treatment Services sites to close on March 31, 2025.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"e-9652-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-iAJcmt kMXkFi\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">In addition to the Applicants \u2014 The Neighbourhood Group, and Katharine Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues \u2014 and the respondent, namely the Government of Ontario, the court will also hear from a number of Interveners this week, including the HIV Legal Network and the HIV &amp; AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"e-9652-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\"><span data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-iAJcmt kMXkFi\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">The Interveners also include Aboriginal Legal Services and the Black Legal Action Centre (also known as BLAC) , both based in Toronto. Indigenous people and Black people living in Canada disproportionately experience all negative aspects of Canada\u2019s punitive drug policies, particularly when it comes to interactions with law enforcement and experiencing barriers to healthcare and other services.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"e-9652-text encore-text-body-medium\" data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\" 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data-slate-node=\"text\"><span class=\"sc-iAJcmt kMXkFi\" data-slate-leaf=\"true\">HIV Legal Network Co-Executive Director Sandra Ka Hon Chu had the opportunity to speak with Demar Kemar Hewitt from BLAC and Emily Hill from Aboriginal Legal Services about their Interventions in the days leading up to this week\u2019s court challenge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-encore-id=\"text\" data-slate-node=\"element\" 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