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Organizations Worldwide Denounce Ontario’s Decision to Defund Remaining Supervised Consumption Sites
Read more: Organizations Worldwide Denounce Ontario’s Decision to Defund Remaining Supervised Consumption SitesFor Immediate Release Toronto, ON | March 31, 2026––Today, exactly one year since the Government…
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CDPC is now an independent not-for-profit
Read more: CDPC is now an independent not-for-profitSFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences and the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition are pleased to announce…
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OPEN LETTER RE: DEFUNDING OF ALL SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITES IN ONTARIO
Read more: OPEN LETTER RE: DEFUNDING OF ALL SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITES IN ONTARIOMarch 31st 2026 The Honourable Doug Ford, MPPPremier, Minister of Intergovernmental AffairsVia email: [email protected] |…
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Alberta’s Decision to Close Supervised Consumption Sites Will Result in Needless Death
Read more: Alberta’s Decision to Close Supervised Consumption Sites Will Result in Needless DeathAs organizations working to advance policies grounded in human rights and public health, HIV Legal…
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UN Committee Rejects Canada’s Position, Calls for Action on Preventable Deaths
Read more: UN Committee Rejects Canada’s Position, Calls for Action on Preventable DeathsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, Canada | March 24, 2026—Yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee released a report rebuking Canada’s…
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Canada Challenged at United Nations Over Narrow Interpretation of Right to Life
Read more: Canada Challenged at United Nations Over Narrow Interpretation of Right to LifeFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2026 | Geneva — Today in Geneva, United Nations…
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IGNORING ITS OWN DATA, B.C. REVIVES CRIMINALIZATION
Read more: IGNORING ITS OWN DATA, B.C. REVIVES CRIMINALIZATIONOn January 14, 2026, the province of B.C. announced it would end its limited decriminalization…
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Rights Groups Issue Urgent Warning Ahead of Critical C-12 Vote
Read more: Rights Groups Issue Urgent Warning Ahead of Critical C-12 VoteLe français suit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Blocked From Testifying, Civil Society Groups Urge Withdrawal of…
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Rights Groups Issue Urgent Warning Ahead of Final C-12 Vote
Read more: Rights Groups Issue Urgent Warning Ahead of Final C-12 VoteLe français suit Blocked From Testifying, Civil Society Groups Demand Withdrawal of C-12 Citing Threats…
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Budget 2025 Withdraws Public Money from Canadians’ Health and Well-being, Deposits it in the Pockets of Military and Policing
Read more: Budget 2025 Withdraws Public Money from Canadians’ Health and Well-being, Deposits it in the Pockets of Military and PolicingThis week’s federal budget commits billions to US-style policies that will make the unregulated drug…
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Canada’s Complicity in Illegal U.S. Military Strikes: When “Public Health” Drug Policy Meets Extrajudicial Killings
Read more: Canada’s Complicity in Illegal U.S. Military Strikes: When “Public Health” Drug Policy Meets Extrajudicial KillingsSince September 2, 2025, the U.S. military has killed at least 57 civilians in international…
