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Feds to toughen rules for drug-injection sites – Libby Davies

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Feds to toughen rules for drug-injection sites

OTTAWA – The government will roll out legislation Thursday which would significantly raise the bar for groups wanting to set up injection sites where illegal drugs can be used with medical oversight, clean equipment and without legal consequence. NDP health critic Libby Davies said Wednesday Insite is an "important program" that "has saved people's' lives." "It's much better for people to be in a medically supervised facility when they're injecting and not dying from needless and preventable overdoses," she said.

The original article, Feds to toughen rules for drug-injection sites was published on June 5, 2013 in Toronto Sun. Author(s): Kristy Kirkup

In Memory of Jim Green – Libby Davies

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Posted on 2012.02.29

In Memory of Jim Green

Dear Friends,


I’m very sad to hear the news about Jim’s passing this morning . I want to express my sympathy and sorrow to his family. All of Vancouver mourns this loss. Jim’s larger than life character and energy did so much in the Downtown Eastside, and the City overall that we all benefited from his vision and work.


When I first met Jim in about 1980, he was working on his book of the history of the Canadian Seaman’s Union and then he began his work at DERA. What followed were remarkable years and decades of public service to the people of Vancouver and our Province. The legacy of the good affordable housing he developed, the bank, labour history, and arts and culture are all things we have to cherish and remember.


The last time I saw him in public he was in the Woodwards Atrium. He was carrying his shopping bags home and we talked for a little while about Jack Layton, who we both knew and loved. There’s a real sense of loss with Jim’s passing and I, like many, feel it deep inside. I am glad to have known him, worked with him, and know that his work and passion is carried on by many.


Sincerely,


Libby

The past and present in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – Libby Davies

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The past and present in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

This is the second in the series, “Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: Past and Present.” Libby Davies, former Vancouver city councillor and former NDP MP for the riding in which the Downtown Eastside is located, discusses the past and the present of the community. Davies recalls the impact of activist and poet Bud Osborn and reflects upon the struggle to establish Insite, Canada’s first safe injection site. She goes on to discuss the impact of the ’90s austerity budget — and the resulting challenges still to be addressed.

The original article, The past and present in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was published on February 12, 2021 in rabble.ca. Author(s): Jase Tanner
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