A Street Guide for Your Rights & Responsibilities as a Tenant in SRO & Supportive Housing.

YOUR INFORMATION RIGHTS + MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS - If you experience an aggressive police encounter or are arrested and searched, what are your rights in accessing information police keep about you? This guide on how to access information about yourself from the police is borne out of on-the-ground experiences of folks engaged in direct, non-violent social justice actions, and is a collaborative project between the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and Pivot.

This briefing provides an overview of recent constitutional challenges to the federal sex work laws under the Charter. Second, it provides an outline of the legal basis for asserting bodily autonomy, health, safety and equality rights for sex workers. Our focus for the purpose of this brief is on Charter laws under sections 2(b) & (d), 7 and 15, although violations of sex workers' rights under sections 8 (unreasonable search and seizure), 9 (arbitrary detention), and 12 (cruel and unusual punishment), are certainly ripe areas for further exploration.

You can refuse consent for law enforcement to seize or dump your alcohol because it violates your charter rights and undermines harm reduction.

Signs to notify municipal bylaw and police officers about unhoused peoples' rights to shelter in parks.

You can refuse to talk to police or answer their questions unless you are in a bar or a cinema, driving a car, or they say you broke the law.

The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act became Canadian law in May 2017 to encourage people to call 911 in the event of an overdose without fear of charge or arrest.1 The Act provides some legal protections for individuals who are at the scene of an overdose when police arrive—whether they are the caller, the person needing medical attention, or another person at the scene. The Act does not provide blanket immunity against all charges.

The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act became Canadian law in May 2017 to encourage people to call 911 in the event of an overdose without fear of charge or arrest.1 The Act provides some legal protections for individuals who are at the scene of an overdose when police arrive—whether they are the caller, the person needing medical attention, or another person at the scene. The Act does not provide blanket immunity against all charges.