harm reduction forum and film; busses to Ottawa for SPP

[angela bischoff]

The following announcement is sent to you by the Canadian Harm Reduction
Network.
<http://www.canadianharmreduction.com/>http://www.canadianharmreduction.com
Please visit our website, check it out and support us by becoming a member.

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HARM REDUCTION ALERT



A Public Forum on Harm Reduction

Harm reduction is working. Programs and projects that aim to reduce
health, social and economic harms associated with drug use have been
successful in Canada and around the world. Outreach programs, needle
exchanges and Vancouver‚s supervised injection site are reducing the
spread of HIV/AIDS and increasing the number of people accessing
treatment. So why is the Conservative Government dropping harm reduction
from Canada‚s Drug Strategy?

The federal government has removed harm reduction from its 2007 budget,
taking a page directly from the US War on Drugs that has cost the public
billions of dollars and has only seen drug use rise.

Please join Parkdale-High Park MP Peggy Nash, with guests MPP Cheri DiNovo
and NDP MP Libby Davies, the federal NDP Spokesperson for Drug Policy,
along with a panel of leading experts in harm reduction and drug use, for
a public forum on harm reduction, public health and an integrated strategy
for drug use.


WHEN:       THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007
                  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

WHAT:       PUBLIC FORUM ON CANADA‚S DRUG POLICY

WHERE:     PARKDALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE
                  1229 Queen Street West

WHO:         MP Peggy Nash and guests MPP Cheri DiNovo and NDP MP Libby
Davies,
                  along with local leading experts and advocates.


Let‚s talk about harm reduction
What is it?
FACT VS OPINION.
What‚s working and what isn‚t?


*For more information contact: Peggy Nash at 416-769-5072



„If Canada wants to fulfill its mission of reducing the most severe harms
associated with illicit drug use, steps must now be taken to implement a
truly evidence-based national drug strategy rather than shoveling millions
of dollars towards these failed (enforcement) programs.‰ -  Dr. Thomas
Kerr, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

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 Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force
Presents:
Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey
Tuesday July 31st 2-4 pm.

FREE SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION

 Brunswick Theatre – 296 Brunswick Ave. (Bathurst/Bloor) 2nd floor

This one-hour documentary is the first to focus on maverick cops whose
years of experience
in fighting the War on Drugs has turned them into crusaders for
legalization
.the one thing
they all have in common is their conviction that the war on drugs is a
terrible mistake. They
include Canadian Constable John Gayder, one of the founders of LEAP: Law
Enforcement
Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc) and Senator Larry Campbell, a former
drug cop, coroner,
and mayor of Vancouver, now a member of Canada’s Senate, who continues to
fight for an
end to drug prohibition.

Panelists will include representatives of
the John Howard Society,
the Canadian Harm Reduction Network and PASAN

If you work with any marginalized population, please plan to join us. 
There is no need to register.

  Holly Kramer
Project Coordinator
647. 222. 4420
torontoharmreduction at yahoo.ca

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George Bush is coming to Canada . . . Stop the WAR! Stop the SPP (Security
and Prosperity Partnership)!

Demonstrate in Ottawa on August 19 US president George Bush will join
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican president Felipe Caldéron for a
summit of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Montebello,
Quebec this August. A mass demonstration will take place in Ottawa on
Sunday, August 19. Other actions are planned for August 20 and 21.

The Toronto Coalition to Stop the War is organizing buses to and from
Ottawa for the mass demonstration on August 19. Depending on demand,
additional buses may be booked for actions from August 19 to 21.

To book a seat on the bus, please e-mail your name, phone number and
e-mail address to: bushbus2007 at gmail.com.

And check out this one minute video produced by Toronto's Alex Lisman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OARYl9rkgY0

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