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Letters & Statements

DTES legal advocacy and peer organizations write to Canada Post about harm of service suspension

Poverty and social exclusion from services are not inevitable. Rather than contributing to stigma-driven, reactive policies which have long harmed residents in the DTES, Canada Post can help prevent further harm.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Apr 25, 2022 | Letters & Statements

Inadequate threshold quantities will put people who use drugs in harm's way

Pivot Legal Society's Staff Lawyer, Caitlin Shane, wrote a letter to the Canadian Minister for Mental Health and Addictions, Carolyn Bennett, outlining how low threshold quantities, if set too low, "will undermine the goals of decriminalization", while also causing more harm to the people who use drugs.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Mar 17, 2022 | Drug Policy Reform, Letters & Statements

Pivot writes to City of Dawson Creek to oppose bylaw amendments that threaten harm reduction services

Pivot Legal Society letter to City of Dawson Creek: Proposed amendment to zoning bylaw prevents access to life saving harm reduction services.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Nov 19, 2021 | Drug Policy Reform, Letters & Statements

Joint letter to council on SRO vacancy control regulations

We urge Council to take this opportunity to begin addressing the City’s legacy of homelessness, eviction, displacement, and gentrification in the Downtown Eastside.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Nov 15, 2021 | Homes For All, Letters & Statements

Joint Statement on Homelessness Action Week 2021

The Coalition of Peers Dismantling the War on Drugs, VANDU and Pivot recognize “Homelessness Action Week 2021”
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Oct 12, 2021 | Blog, Homes For All, Letters & Statements

Joint Response to BC's "Proof of Vaccination" Health Order

BC's proof of vaccination plan as it currently stands, fails to account for people who will face legitimate barriers to accessing a vaccine card.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Sep 01, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Project Inclusion, Homes For All, Letters & Statements

Response to Transport 2050

BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, Homeless Services Association of BC, and Pivot Legal Society write to address transit poverty and the role of TransLink in eradicating inequity within its ridership.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Aug 24, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Letters & Statements

Pivot's Letter of Opposition regarding Motion B2 “Supporting Community-Led Public Safety in Mount Pleasant”

"Motion B2 assumes that policing is best-suited to respond to a myriad of social and economic issues, rather than grappling with what interventions could be made available through defunding police and investing in community-led crisis intervention."
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Jul 21, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog, Letters & Statements

Coalition of Organizations Boycott City Panel on Decriminalizing Poverty

"We are making the difficult decision to cease any involvement with the process. In order to move forward with defunding police while supporting community-led initiatives, police and/or police-adjacent organizations cannot be at the table. "
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Jun 22, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog, Letters & Statements

Unauthorized Police Enforcement of COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

Civil, legal, and community groups request an investigation into a May, 2021 incident of unauthorized police enforcement activity related to COVID-19.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | May 13, 2021 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog, Letters & Statements
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default. 

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