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Pivot Legal Society responds to most recent Anita Place ruling

The Court did not condone the City’s “priorities and approach” regarding Anita Place, and invited the parties to bring another application regarding the constitutionality of the City’s conduct.

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Sozan Savehilaghi | Jul 18, 2019 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Submissions to the Special Committee to Review the Police Complaint Process

As part of Pivot’s police accountability mandate we have been involved in many complaints filed with the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC). We have 3 central recommendations for the Special Committee to Review the Police Complaint Process

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Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Jul 03, 2019 | Criminalization and Policing, Legal Submissions

Joint Letter to Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General: A Harm Reduction-Based Approach to Policing

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Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Jun 11, 2019 | Letters & Statements

Letter Concerning Overdose Prevention Site at Royal Crescent in Maple Ridge

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Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Jun 07, 2019 | Letters & Statements

Letter to City Council of Squamish Against Proposed Bylaw to Regulate Camping

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Anna Cooper | May 22, 2019 | Letters & Statements

Pivot welcomes Drew Dennis as Executive Director

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Pivot Legal Society | Apr 30, 2019

Project Inclusion Recommendations Influence New Bail Conditions Direction

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Pivot Legal Society | Apr 17, 2019 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog, Drug Policy Reform, Project Inclusion

Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure and its Impact on Sex Working Communities: Brief to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

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Lyndsay Watson | Apr 08, 2019 | Legal Submissions

17 years of police violence in Canada

2000 - 2017: The number of victims who died after fatal interactions with police

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Peter Kim | Mar 28, 2019 | Criminalization and Policing, Featured, Blog

The interests of the business community should not take precedence over human lives

Pivot Legal and the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition successfully defend the right to harm reduction and health care

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Peter Kim | Mar 08, 2019 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform