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Tory logic: Injection sites in Quebec = good, in BC = bad

So Yaffe’s Wednesday column (which I talked about yesterday) about how Insite would not be challenged by the conservative government if it were in Quebec has turned out to be sadly prescient.
Today, the Globe is reporting that Federal Conservative Health Minister Tony Clement is willing to consider Quebec’s request for an injeciton site even as [...]

¶ Posted 05 June 2008 | David Eaves § Insite § public policy ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: conservatives, globe and mail, health, injection site, Insite, minister tony clement, public policy, quebec, safe injection sites, vancouver

Insite – Incremental Death?

Yesterday the federal government announced it would extend the legal exemption that allows Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site, to stay open until June 2008. (to understand why the Injection site is important click here, here and/or here)
So the good news is brief and temporary: Insite, gets to stay open an additional 6 months.
And here’s the [...]

¶ Posted 05 October 2007 | David Eaves § canadian politics § public policy § vancouver ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: canadian politics, harpers, injection_site, Insite, public policy, stephen harper, Tom Flanagan, vancouver

Our New/Old Drug Policy: Welcome to the 1980s

The Tories are beginning to lay down the ground work for a new (or should we say old) drug strategy.
The ‘new’ strategy? A TV campaign informing kids that drugs are bad, an increased presence at the border and a slight increase in funding for drug rehabilitation. If it sounds like the 1980s all over again, [...]