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Ontario’s Factum is available to download at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f6jcp2knf1tfk01aq8ya1/Factum-Respondent-HMKRO-18-MAR-2025.pdf?rlkey=d3jwzvv9ufhmsoopzqk4rjs7i&st=kyql27g5&dl=0 

This info sheet provides an overview of the Community Care and Recovery Act – Ontario legislation that will lead to the shutdown of supervised consumption services in Ontario.

This backgrounder provides information about the constitutional challenge to Ontario’s Community Care and Recovery Act launched by The Neighbourhood Group Community Services and two individual applicants who argue that the closure of Consumption and Treatment Services Sites in Ontario violates Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Ontario’s Record is available to download at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fv4s949zzdcf40e4ka7ay/AA7v4zQieSPnbZc2wKLhjdE/Ontario’s%20evidence?rlkey=2jad0jvlgrd41ol36owos0vh5&subfolder_nav_tracking=1&st=qm1g7sh9&dl=0

The Applicants Record is available to download at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fv4s949zzdcf40e4ka7ay/AN8KkRJWAshef9DCNHLltKk?rlkey=2jad0jvlgrd41ol36owos0vh5&st=1i1062rk&dl=0 

Overdose mortality and the legitimacy crisis facing policing have propelled momentum for drug law reform. Yet, resulting reforms and associated protections are often functionally undermined by enforcement practices and the legal environment faced by people who use drugs. To explore this tension, we conducted a community-based study in Ontario, Canada. Our findings show that people’s … Read more

The HIV Legal Network and HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (“HIV Coalition”) intervene jointly in this case to address the direct, deadly, and disproportionately adverse impact of ss. 2 and 3 of the Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024, S.O. 2024, c. 27, Sch. 2 (“impugned provisions”) on the rights of diverse communities of … Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Despite Ontario Superior Court injunction recognizing irreparable harm, most remaining supervised consumption sites still facing forced closure tomorrow Toronto, ON | March 31, 2025 — In a small victory for those advocating for evidence-informed services, one Toronto supervised consumption site facing forced closure April 1, 2025, will keep its doors open as … Read more

This statement can be attributed to The Neighbourhood Group Community Services and the HIV Legal Network March 26, 2025 – TORONTO – As of Tuesday, March 25, court proceedings in this challenge to Ontario’s Community Care and Recovery Act (CCRA) have now concluded. We are proud of the case we mounted at the Ontario Superior … Read more

We intervened in this critical legal challenge to uphold the health and human rights of those who are all too often pushed aside. For immediate release                                                                                                                           The following can be attributed to the HIV Legal Network and the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO), co-intervenors in the court challenge to Ontario’s Community Care and … Read more

DECEMBER 10, 2024 – Toronto, ON – Today, The Neighbourhood Group Community Services (TNGCS), located in Toronto’s Kensington Market, has taken legal action against the Community Care and Recovery Act, which was recently passed in the Ontario Legislature as part of Bill 223. The Act will force the closure of at least 10 supervised consumption … Read more

People living with HIV in Canada still live under the threat of ongoing criminalization; Canadian Government’s decision to abandon law reform efforts met with disappointment and anger November 28, 2024 – Ottawa, ON — With World AIDS Day approaching on December 1, and as a 2025 federal election looms, the Government of Canada has communicated … Read more

This statement can be attributed to the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, the Drug Strategy Network of Ontario, and the HIV Legal Network. November 27, 2024 — Toronto, ON | We are watching with grave concern as the Government of Ontario attempts to force through radical legislation that will eliminate life-saving supervised consumption services (SCS) and … Read more

Advocates denounce the Government’s deliberate choice to legislate an increase in deaths, public drug use, and healthcare costs by eliminating supervised consumption services This statement can be attributed to the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Drug Strategy Network of Ontario, HIV Legal Network, and Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. November 20, 2024 – Earlier this week, … Read more

Ontario’s new restrictions on supervised consumption services will result in more death during a worsening drug poisoning crisis; dead people cannot enter treatment. This statement can be attributed to the HIV Legal Network, the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, and Area (ACCKWA), Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Drug Strategy Network of Ontario, DIY Community Health … Read more

For immediate release Aussi disponible en français : The Government of Canada knows that law reform is needed but has yet to act in Parliament — and the world is watching as international advocates gather at AIDS 2024 in Munich The following statement can be attributed to the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization July 16, … Read more

With supervised consumption services under attack in Canada, this report details an evidence-based response to scaling up life-saving services for people who use drugs For immediate release Thursday, May 30, 2024 — Toronto — The HIV Legal Network is sharing new evidence that underfunding and the strict regulations imposed on supervised consumption services (SCS) are … Read more