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City plan does little to support those put at risk by prostitution

(Vancouver Sun | Photo – Chris Webber) – f nine out of 10 fishermen got hurt at work, policymakers would likely question whether the job isn’t so inherently dangerous that even regulating the industry might never keep them safe. If four of every 10 nurses were violently attacked every year, regulation alone might not be the solution either.Yet those are the statistics for street and indoor prostitution respectively, and still most policy-makers simply shrug.

In 2005, 90 per cent of street prostitutes in Vancouver had been physically assaulted, 78 per cent had been raped and 72 per cent met the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a report in the peer-reviewed journal Transcultural Psychiatry. Those working from home, in massage parlours or escort agencies fare better. Still, 37 per cent of them experienced some sort of violence, according to research done in 2007 by a graduate student at Simon Fraser University.

Citing municipalities’ limited powers over the Criminal Code, education, health and social services, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and all of the city’s councillors are the latest to shrug.

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July 14th, 2011 Filed under: Tales From The Eastside™ by Editor in Chief

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November 5th, 2010 Filed under: Tales From The Eastside™ by Editor in Chief

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ABORT Magazine – ISSUE 15: Now Online (Free Download!)

March 5th, 2010 Filed under: Exclusive!, Issues by Editor in Chief

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January 26th, 2010 Filed under: Tales From The Eastside™ by Editor in Chief

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Going on The Nod…X 2!: Court opens door for second injection site

January 22nd, 2010 Filed under: KauseZ, Made In Canada, News/Calendar/Industry, Tales From The Eastside™ by Editor in Chief

(Courier) – The nonprofit society that operates the city’s supervised drug injection site on East Hastings is reviewing a recent court ruling to see whether it can open a second facility.

Mark Townsend, executive director of the PHS Community Services Society, described the B.C. Court of Appeal’s Jan. 15 ruling as a victory for the continued operation of the Insite injection site–and possibly a new facility.

“For sure we’re going to start looking and working on a second site,” Townsend told the Courier. “But the form that site would take is going to get a little bit dictated by what this new ruling would mean. But that doesn’t mean one is opening tomorrow.”

Operators hope to open a second facility similar to the Insite supervised injection site on East Hastings.View Larger Image View Larger Image

Operators hope to open a second facility similar to the Insite supervised injection site on East Hastings.

The court of appeal’s lengthy 2-1 ruling, which is available on the court’s website, backs a May 2008 B.C. Supreme Court decision to allow Insite to operate indefinitely.

Insite was set to close June 30, 2008 but B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ian Pitfield granted staff and users a constitutional exemption from the country’s drug laws.

B.C. wants to force homeless into shelters in extreme weather

September 21st, 2009 Filed under: Made In Canada, News/Calendar/Industry, Tales From The Eastside™ by Editor in Chief

(Globe & Mail | Photo – Sarah Hamilton) – British Columbia is drafting the country’s first legislation that would give authorities the power to compel homeless people to go to shelters or even jail during extreme cold- or wet-weather periods.

The plan has sparked intense discussions in Gordon Campbell’s government between the B.C. Housing Ministry and the office of the Attorney-General about Charter of Rights issues and liability problems, according to e-mails obtained by The Globe and Mail.

And the B.C. Civil Liberties Association is questioning the timing of the announcement, given the impending Olympic Games. “This comes after seven years of a lack of concern about sleeping on the streets,” said executive director David Eby. An internal ministry memo details potential roadblocks to the proposed Assisting to Shelter Act, noting that “requiring people to go to a shelter against their will may make the legislation vulnerable to a Charter challenge. A legal opinion is pending.”

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May 11th, 2009 Filed under: Tales From The Eastside™ by Editor in Chief

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January 11th, 2009 Filed under: Exclusive!, Tales From The Eastside™ by Editor in Chief

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