PHS Community Services Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General)
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
| Judge | Pitfield, J. |
| Citation | [2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 351 (SC),[2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 351,2008 BCSC 661 |
| Date | 27 May 2008 |
| Subject Matter | CRIMINAL LAW,PRACTICE,CIVIL RIGHTS,CONSTITUTIONAL LAW |
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PHS Community Services Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General)
...provisions of the CDSA, is unconstitutional". The British Columbia Supreme Court, in a decision reported at [2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 351; 2008 BCSC 661, dismissed PHS's claim for a declaration that ss. 4(1) and 5(1) of the CDSA did not apply to Insite by reason of the application of the doctri......
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Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
..., above note 91 at para 150. 169 PHS , above note 10, aff’g 2010 BCCA 15, aff’g ( sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG) ), 2008 BCSC 661 [ PHS 2008]. In Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363, the Court of Appeal overturned the trial judge’s holding tha......
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Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
..., above note 57 at para 150. 124 PHS , above note 55, aff’g 2010 BCCA 15, aff’g ( sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG) ), 2008 BCSC 661 [ PHS 2008]. In Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363, the Court of Appeal overturned the trial judge’s holding tha......
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Table of cases
...(AG) v PHS Community Services Society, 2011 SCC 44, aff’g 2010 BCCA 15, aff’g (sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG)), 2008 BCSC 661 .................29, 30, 33, 35, 73, 99, 152, 168, 170, 173, 176, 177, 181, 183, 188, 190 Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 ..........
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PHS Community Services Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General)
...provisions of the CDSA, is unconstitutional". The British Columbia Supreme Court, in a decision reported at [2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 351; 2008 BCSC 661, dismissed PHS's claim for a declaration that ss. 4(1) and 5(1) of the CDSA did not apply to Insite by reason of the application of the doctri......
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PHS Community Services Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2011) 310 B.C.A.C. 1 (SCC)
...of Health in a 2008 report, and summarized by the trial judge at para. 16 of his reasons ([2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 351; 85 B.C.L.R.(4th) 89; 2008 BCSC 661). Generally, he found that: • those surveyed had been injecting drugs for an average of 15 years; • the majority (51%) inject heroin and 32......
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PHS Community Services Society et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2011) 421 N.R. 1 (SCC)
...of Health in a 2008 report, and summarized by the trial judge at para. 16 of his reasons ([2008] B.C.T.C. Uned. 351; 85 B.C.L.R.(4th) 89; 2008 BCSC 661). Generally, he found that: • those surveyed had been injecting drugs for an average of 15 years; • the majority (51%) inject heroin and 32......
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Victoria (City) v. Adams et al.
...declared: "other rights are hollow without these rights". [144] In PHS Community Services Society v. Attorney General of Canada , 2008 BCSC 661, 293 D.L.R. (4th) 392, a case dealing with the Vancouver Safe Injection Site, Mr. Justice Pitfield discussed the right to life at paras. 140-142 as......
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Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
..., above note 91 at para 150. 169 PHS , above note 10, aff’g 2010 BCCA 15, aff’g ( sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG) ), 2008 BCSC 661 [ PHS 2008]. In Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363, the Court of Appeal overturned the trial judge’s holding tha......
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Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
..., above note 57 at para 150. 124 PHS , above note 55, aff’g 2010 BCCA 15, aff’g ( sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG) ), 2008 BCSC 661 [ PHS 2008]. In Victoria (City) v Adams , 2009 BCCA 563, var’g 2008 BCSC 1363, the Court of Appeal overturned the trial judge’s holding tha......
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Table of cases
...(AG) v PHS Community Services Society, 2011 SCC 44, aff’g 2010 BCCA 15, aff’g (sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG)), 2008 BCSC 661 .................29, 30, 33, 35, 73, 99, 152, 168, 170, 173, 176, 177, 181, 183, 188, 190 Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 ..........
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Table of cases
...(AG) v PHS Community Services Society, 2011 SCC 44, aff’g 2010 BCCA 15, aff’g (sub nom PHS Community Services Society v Canada (AG)), 2008 BCSC 661 ................ 27, 136, 139, 14 7 Canada (Justice) v Khadr, 2008 SCC 28 .................................................. 50–54, 59 Canada (......
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