We circulated a questionnaire to each of the major federal parties \u2014 the Liberal Party of Canada, Conservative Party of Canada, New Democratic Party of Canada, Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and Green Party of Canada.<\/p>\n
We wanted to better understand their positions on five critical issues related to HIV and human rights<\/strong>, and to equip you with need-to-know information before you head to the polls.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what we asked about:<\/p>\n And here are their responses (compiled):<\/p>\n \r\n\tDownload<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div> You can find each party\u2019s response here: Liberal Party of Canada<\/a>,\u00a0New Democratic Party of Canada<\/a>, Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/a>, Green Party of Canada<\/a>.\u00a0Note: We\u2019ve not yet heard back from every political party. We\u2019ll update the document with their responses if\/when we do.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n We\u2019re facing a crisis.<\/b> And our response will determine life or death for some of our friends, family, colleagues and community members.<\/p>\n The overdose crisis, fueled by a contaminated drug supply, is killing at an alarming rate.\u00a0 In the past four years, more than 11,500 people have died. And there\u2019s no end in sight.<\/p>\n But with the election of a new federal government in October, we have a chance to make a difference. If our political party leaders<\/b> are serious about saving lives and curbing the overdose crisis, they should immediately commit to supporting harm reduction services<\/b> \u2014 especially supervised consumption and overdose prevention sites.<\/p>\n These services provide places where people can use drugs safely under the supervision of trained staff and volunteers. They are proven to save lives. They help prevent infections such as HIV and hepatitis C. They give people a safe space. They connect people to treatment and other supports. They are essential and urgently needed.<\/p>\n We have two actions to help you get involved and add your voice to this campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n Here we will be putting links to some relevant media articles. Make sure to check back regularly.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"publication_topics":[147,148,155,158],"publication_type":[170],"publication_language":[184,185],"class_list":["post-18108","publication22","type-publication22","status-publish","hentry","publication_topics-drug-policy","publication_topics-criminalization","publication_topics-prisons","publication_topics-sex-work","publication_type-advocacy","publication_language-english","publication_language-french"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/18108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication22"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/18108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22671,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/18108\/revisions\/22671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_topics?post=18108"},{"taxonomy":"publication_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_type?post=18108"},{"taxonomy":"publication_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_language?post=18108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\nELECTION FOCUS: HARM REDUCTION<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\nMEDIA<\/span><\/h2>\n
Global News:\u00a0\u2018The largest health crisis of our generation\u2019: How each federal party plans to deal with the opioid crisis<\/a><\/h3>\n
Global News: Federal Election 2019: Singh says NDP would declare public health emergency over opioid epidemic on day 1<\/a><\/h3>\n
Elizabeth May\u2019s Drug Decriminalization Plan Makes No Sense<\/a><\/h3>\n
Andrew Scheer slams ‘terrible’ Liberal approach to safe injection sites<\/a><\/h3>\n
Trudeau confirms that the Liberals are not looking to decriminalize drugs<\/a><\/h3>\n
Crise des surdoses au Canada | \u00c9lections Canada 2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(French)<\/h3>\n
More than 150 human rights groups demand decriminalization of sex work after the election<\/a><\/h3>\n
Why the opioid crisis isn’t a bigger federal election issue<\/a><\/h3>\n
The Liberals promise to expand drug treatment courts \u2014 but will this reduce harm?<\/a><\/h3>\n
216 groups call on federal parties to make LGBTQ2 rights a campaign issue<\/a><\/h3>\n
Singh confronts opioid crisis during B.C. campaign, stops short of promising\u00a0safe supply<\/a><\/h3>\n
The Opioid Crisis Should Be a Key Election Issue: Here\u2019s Where the Parties Stand<\/a><\/h3>\n