After a federal judge’s scolding for its “unreasonable” and “unintelligible” handling of a #Calgary man’s bid for #LegalAccess to #psilocybin for excruciating #headaches, #HealthCanada is backing down.
Lance’s win comes two weeks after Federal Court Judge Simon Fothergill ruled Health Canada wholly disregarded legal arguments that Lance has a #CharterRight to #MedicalGrade psilocybin.
#PeopleWithDisabilities #HumanRights #DisabledCanadians #Legal #CDNpoli #Law
"#Delays in both cases highlights what a #criminologist says is a problem with the #police #oversight process.
“One of the problems that comes up again and again and again” is that police refuse to fully cooperate with the #IIO said Jeff Shantz, faculty member in criminology at #KwantlenPolytechnic #University . “The usual reason given is that it’s a #CharterRight , they have a right to not #incriminate themselves.”
The deaths of Dale Culver and Myles Gray following encounters with police happened two years apart under different circumstances, but the families of the two men have one thing in common: an agonizing, years-long wait for justice from the legal system.
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