'I have said before and will continue to say: there is safe space in shelters around the city and nobody will be turned away.'

Minister Jason Nixon (Jan 11th 2024) #ableg #yegcc

A supremely disappointing decision. Great thread from counsel:

278's do NOT allow records simply be handed over as a whole. A judge reviews them 1st to see if they are relevant. Eg. If the complainant gave a different narrative of the assault to the therapist than they did to the police. That is considered relevant.

kitchener.ctvnews.ca/advocacy-group…

I feel compelled to point out that a CSO (which was the sentence here) IS a sentence of jail - served in the community. The SCC has acknowledged that it can be a punitive sentence and usually includes a significant loss of liberty.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but my new fav life hack is that a hair straightener works as a fantastic portable iron for your tabs 👍🏼 #lawtwitter

SCOOP: A YEG neighbourhood suffered >155 community member deaths in 3 months, coinciding w/ mass displacement of encampment dwellers.
During this time, a demolition permit was granted for the former Boyle Street drop-in.
Is a land grab driving mass death?
drugdatadecoded.ca/155-unhoused-d…

Going to shout out more good work here from chris wiebe 🌲🌲🌲 (he/him) - everyone on law Twitter should have him on their radar as one to watch for important social justice litigation.

How morally bankrupt do you have to be to be using taxpayer money for THIS while simultaneously taking active steps to remove shelter for those most vulnerable? What corruption.

One to watch - what's the point of immunity against prosecution for possession of drugs for those who call for help when someone's overdosing if the police can detain and arrest you for possession and then search you and charge you with other things anyway?

Is there anything the city is ACTUALLY doing to address the housing crisis?

Harm reduction is healthcare. It saves lives.

I’m proud of my record of opening AB’s first supervised consumption sites. The UCP approach to the drug poisoning crisis is killing Albertans, leaving thousands of families in grief, and overwhelming our EMS & emergency room workers.

Watching #yeg cc and thinking about Barry Stewart, the man who was killed in Edmonton Remand

He was living between shelters and hotels and “chose” a day in jail to erase his $110 LRT fine

edmontonjournal.com/news/man-kille…

#yeg #ableg
Amarjeet Sohi
Ashley Salvador

Great piece, but weird to see so many people not referring to her as Justice Sheila Greckol of the ABCA (which is important, I think!)

'It is beyond cruel to dismantle people's shelters and then jail them for seeking warmth,' says Ali.