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Harper targeted by Insite supporters

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 9:36pm
Protesters vow to dog PM's Olympic appearances
 
IAN BAILEY AND JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail
 
The day after the federal government said it would go to the Supreme Court to try to shut down Vancouver's safe-injection site, supporters of the facility forced the Prime Minister to delay a photo op at a Chinese cultural centre by chaining the doors.
 
Dozens of Vancouver police officers descended on the site and cut the chains.
 

Harper government can't accept Insite's right to stay open

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 6:05pm
 
The federal Conservative government says it will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a ruling by the BC Court of Appeal that allowed Vancouver's safe-injection site for intravenous drug users to stay open.

The appeal court ruled Jan 15 that Insite is a health care facility and therefore falls under provincial jurisdiction.

But federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says "this case raises important questions regarding the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity and the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments."

Feds to take B.C. injection site case to Supreme Court

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 11:14pm
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - The federal government will appeal a British Columbia court ruling that sanctioned Vancouver's supervised drug-injection site, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Tuesday.
 
"This case raises important questions regarding the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity and the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments," the minister said in a statement.
 
"There was a dissenting opinion in the B.C. Court of Appeal, and the government of Canada believes it is important that the Supreme Court of Canada be asked to rule on this matter."
 
The appeal court ruled Jan. 15 that provinces, not the federal government, have jurisdiction for health care which includes services such as injection sites.
 
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