“There’s a lot of concern right now that this is just another form of incarceration and will not effectively address the issues we’re seeing in our community,”
www.cjme.com/2025/12/08/a...
www.cjme.com/2025/12/08/a...
Advocates question Saskatchewan’s plan for involuntary addiction treatment
Prairie Harm Reduction's Kayla DeMong says Saskatchewan’s new involuntary treatment bill leaves significant gaps, with no clear plan for assessments, services, or housing once people are released.
www.cjme.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“There’s a lot of concern right now that this is just another form of incarceration and will not effectively address the issues we’re seeing in our community,”
www.cjme.com/2025/12/08/a...
www.cjme.com/2025/12/08/a...
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
On first glance, Bill 48 seems both open to exploitation by peace officers, because of its over broad definitions, and ineffective. I have a hard time imagining how involuntary treatment would have saved my younger brother’s life. I think he still would have died from an overdose, as he did in 2023.
Saskatchewan's government tabled a bill Friday to force treatment on those battling drug addictions, a plan a mother of two dead sons says would have helped them. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/mot... #skpoli
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This thread !! 🎯 well said.
From now till March I would love to see a non stop flood of people speaking out against harmful Bill 48. Fill the govt inboxes
From now till March I would love to see a non stop flood of people speaking out against harmful Bill 48. Fill the govt inboxes
On first glance, Bill 48 seems both open to exploitation by peace officers, because of its over broad definitions, and ineffective. I have a hard time imagining how involuntary treatment would have saved my younger brother’s life. I think he still would have died from an overdose, as he did in 2023.
Saskatchewan's government tabled a bill Friday to force treatment on those battling drug addictions, a plan a mother of two dead sons says would have helped them. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/mot... #skpoli
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This thread !! 🎯 well said.
From now till March I would love to see a non stop flood of people speaking out against harmful Bill 48. Fill the govt inboxes
From now till March I would love to see a non stop flood of people speaking out against harmful Bill 48. Fill the govt inboxes
If they actually did their research, follow the evidence, they would know that forced treatment seldom works, and then people are put back into society with no supports, with the same traumas, & now lower tolerance/vulnerability to overdose.
globalnews.ca/news/1156442...
globalnews.ca/news/1156442...
Saskatchewan tables involuntary drug treatment bill as fall session ends | Globalnews.ca
Saskatchewan's government introduced its involuntary treatment bill Friday on the final day of its fall sitting with critics wondering how it will all play out.
globalnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If they actually did their research, follow the evidence, they would know that forced treatment seldom works, and then people are put back into society with no supports, with the same traumas, & now lower tolerance/vulnerability to overdose.
globalnews.ca/news/1156442...
globalnews.ca/news/1156442...
So what this is saying is that the Sask govt could easily afford to add more treatment spots if they wanted. But they are instead saving these spaces for involuntary treatment. These contracts will go to for profit agencies who don’t have the patients best interest in mind
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So what this is saying is that the Sask govt could easily afford to add more treatment spots if they wanted. But they are instead saving these spaces for involuntary treatment. These contracts will go to for profit agencies who don’t have the patients best interest in mind
Knew it was coming but still disappointing. I fear for the people who will be unfairly targeted and harmed by this legislation. Involuntary treatment is a violation of human rights and most likely unconstitutional. Par for the course for this govt.
globalnews.ca/news/1156442...
globalnews.ca/news/1156442...
Saskatchewan tables involuntary drug treatment bill as fall session ends | Globalnews.ca
Saskatchewan's government introduced its involuntary treatment bill Friday on the final day of its fall sitting with critics wondering how it will all play out.
globalnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Knew it was coming but still disappointing. I fear for the people who will be unfairly targeted and harmed by this legislation. Involuntary treatment is a violation of human rights and most likely unconstitutional. Par for the course for this govt.
globalnews.ca/news/1156442...
globalnews.ca/news/1156442...
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
Government inaction on overdose crisis = rights violation: position statement from BC Human Rights Commissioner.
The crisis "won’t be solved without an approach that focuses on safer supply and harm reduction,” Commissioner Kasari Govender tells Filter.
@maddidellplain.bsky.social reports:
The crisis "won’t be solved without an approach that focuses on safer supply and harm reduction,” Commissioner Kasari Govender tells Filter.
@maddidellplain.bsky.social reports:
BC Human Rights Commissioner Slams Overdose Inaction as "Violation" - Filter
Government inaction on the overdose crisis is a human rights violation, according to a recent position statement released by British ...
filtermag.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Government inaction on overdose crisis = rights violation: position statement from BC Human Rights Commissioner.
The crisis "won’t be solved without an approach that focuses on safer supply and harm reduction,” Commissioner Kasari Govender tells Filter.
@maddidellplain.bsky.social reports:
The crisis "won’t be solved without an approach that focuses on safer supply and harm reduction,” Commissioner Kasari Govender tells Filter.
@maddidellplain.bsky.social reports:
Something like this is coming to Sask too, you watch
Oct 2022: Marshall Smith becomes premier’s CoS.
Dec 2022: ROSC Solutions Group (RSG) co-founded by associate of M. Smith.
Dec 2022: RSG lands ~$25 million in procurement contracts not disclosed until Aug 2024.
2023: RSG gets 10s millions more.
2025: RSG owns 5 companies running on AB public $.
Dec 2022: ROSC Solutions Group (RSG) co-founded by associate of M. Smith.
Dec 2022: RSG lands ~$25 million in procurement contracts not disclosed until Aug 2024.
2023: RSG gets 10s millions more.
2025: RSG owns 5 companies running on AB public $.
A few companies have made a great deal of money under the Alberta Recovery Model and there's little to show that they have actually delivered on the outcomes Albertans expect. Are people's health outcomes better off with a two-tier, American-style healthcare? The answer is almost always NO.
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Something like this is coming to Sask too, you watch
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
Forced abstinence it’s not the solution and will result in more deaths.
Putting somebody through forced detox who is not seeking treatment or abstinence is akin to torture.
#MBpoli
#Drugsky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Putting somebody through forced detox who is not seeking treatment or abstinence is akin to torture.
#MBpoli
#Drugsky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Vulnerable people could 'come out worse' after stay in 72-hour detox facility, advocate says | CBC News
Advocates say the Manitoba government's plan to detain people intoxicated with long-lasting drugs like methamphetamine at a Winnipeg detox facility for up to 72 hours could put marginalized people at ...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Forced abstinence it’s not the solution and will result in more deaths.
Putting somebody through forced detox who is not seeking treatment or abstinence is akin to torture.
#MBpoli
#Drugsky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Putting somebody through forced detox who is not seeking treatment or abstinence is akin to torture.
#MBpoli
#Drugsky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Residents of Sask affected by wildfires will be paying thousands in PST to rebuild. Could easily waive it but are choosing not to. Sask party govt profiting off tragedy. Don’t ever fall for the propaganda that progressive govt’s tax too much, no one takes your money quite like conservatives do
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Residents of Sask affected by wildfires will be paying thousands in PST to rebuild. Could easily waive it but are choosing not to. Sask party govt profiting off tragedy. Don’t ever fall for the propaganda that progressive govt’s tax too much, no one takes your money quite like conservatives do
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
Drugs are ever more toxic while people providing safe drugs and save lives are criminalized.
Politicians are cowards, bowing to moral panic while walking over the corpses of people who use drugs.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #safesupply
#FreeDULF
#DrugSky
dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
Politicians are cowards, bowing to moral panic while walking over the corpses of people who use drugs.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #safesupply
#FreeDULF
#DrugSky
dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Drugs are ever more toxic while people providing safe drugs and save lives are criminalized.
Politicians are cowards, bowing to moral panic while walking over the corpses of people who use drugs.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #safesupply
#FreeDULF
#DrugSky
dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
Politicians are cowards, bowing to moral panic while walking over the corpses of people who use drugs.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #safesupply
#FreeDULF
#DrugSky
dulf.ca/dulf-aid-2/
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
Eye on the ball folks — DULF Charter challenge begins in four days.
Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Eye on the ball folks — DULF Charter challenge begins in four days.
Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Legal fund still needs your help: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
DULF is a humanist organization that has saved lives. They did what the government has failed to do & regulated the drugs people were already using. That same government is charging them with crimes for not sitting idly by & watching more people die preventable deaths from an unregulated drug supply
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
DULF is a humanist organization that has saved lives. They did what the government has failed to do & regulated the drugs people were already using. That same government is charging them with crimes for not sitting idly by & watching more people die preventable deaths from an unregulated drug supply
Hey Sask Govt: I highly recommend you read the BC Human Rights Commission’s report on the toxic drug crisis and pay particular attention to the section on involuntary treatment ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Hey Sask Govt: I highly recommend you read the BC Human Rights Commission’s report on the toxic drug crisis and pay particular attention to the section on involuntary treatment ⬇️
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
BC Human Rights Commission releases a report on a human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis
bchumanrights.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
BC Human Rights Commission releases a report on a human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
This photo was taken during the press conference for the opening of the consumption site at the RA Hospital in #yeg.
The photographer caught me in a private moment reflecting how such a site could saved Danny.
The closure of the SCS means more people suffer and more families mourn.
#ABpoli
The photographer caught me in a private moment reflecting how such a site could saved Danny.
The closure of the SCS means more people suffer and more families mourn.
#ABpoli
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It’s Addictions awareness week and Prairie Harm Reduction in #yxe is sharing some real information about safe consumption sites. Don’t believe fear mongering from conservatives and the now conservative adjacent Liberals
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It’s Addictions awareness week and Prairie Harm Reduction in #yxe is sharing some real information about safe consumption sites. Don’t believe fear mongering from conservatives and the now conservative adjacent Liberals
Where are all the 2020 freedom folks?? Where’s the freedom convoy? They should be out in the streets as we speak .
Why are they all of sudden so silent when real freedoms and rights are being violated?
Why are they all of sudden so silent when real freedoms and rights are being violated?
these are evil acts by the Alberta government. They invade people's privacy and abolish their Charter rights to education, healthcare, and to live openly and safely in their communities. they're incompatible with a free and democratic society, and if these acts stand then we no longer have a Charter
I knew that this day was coming. The UCP had been warning for months that they were going to take away the rights of transgender people (not just children but adults too). I thought I was prepared. But I am still very angry that it has happened.
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Where are all the 2020 freedom folks?? Where’s the freedom convoy? They should be out in the streets as we speak .
Why are they all of sudden so silent when real freedoms and rights are being violated?
Why are they all of sudden so silent when real freedoms and rights are being violated?
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
Alberta went after workers first, and now they’re going after children and anyone who identifies as female. They’re shoving down law after law using the notwithstanding clause and stripping away rights. This is anti-democratic. It’s authoritarianism, pure and simple. UCP ‘freedumb' for ya.
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Alberta went after workers first, and now they’re going after children and anyone who identifies as female. They’re shoving down law after law using the notwithstanding clause and stripping away rights. This is anti-democratic. It’s authoritarianism, pure and simple. UCP ‘freedumb' for ya.
I’d say a long time ago, maybe when Harper tried to stop insite from opening in Vancouver, although it goes farther back than that
At what point do we say that Conservatives have given up on Human Rights? This is awful. Trans people deserve respect, not the notwithstanding clause.
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on three bills affecting trans and gender-diverse youth
Legislation limits gender-affirming care and bans trans participation in womens’ and girls’ sports, among other stipulations
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I’d say a long time ago, maybe when Harper tried to stop insite from opening in Vancouver, although it goes farther back than that
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
Imagine using the notwithstanding withstanding clause to remove the rights and powers of all Conservatives to ensure a better world.
They'd lose their fucking minds.
They'd also never admit that they are okay doing it to others.
They'd lose their fucking minds.
They'd also never admit that they are okay doing it to others.
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Imagine using the notwithstanding withstanding clause to remove the rights and powers of all Conservatives to ensure a better world.
They'd lose their fucking minds.
They'd also never admit that they are okay doing it to others.
They'd lose their fucking minds.
They'd also never admit that they are okay doing it to others.
Alberta and Sask trying to one-up each other on how many of their citizens they can harm
Every Canadian, no matter where you live, should be outraged over Alberta's UCP government using the Notwithstanding clause to trample the rights of yet another group of citizens, especially after losing their court challenge to restrict 2SLGBTQ's human rights.
1/3
1/3
a poster that says trans rights are human rights with a person holding two flags
ALT: a poster that says trans rights are human rights with a person holding two flags
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Alberta and Sask trying to one-up each other on how many of their citizens they can harm
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
Every Canadian, no matter where you live, should be outraged over Alberta's UCP government using the Notwithstanding clause to trample the rights of yet another group of citizens, especially after losing their court challenge to restrict 2SLGBTQ's human rights.
1/3
1/3
a poster that says trans rights are human rights with a person holding two flags
ALT: a poster that says trans rights are human rights with a person holding two flags
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Every Canadian, no matter where you live, should be outraged over Alberta's UCP government using the Notwithstanding clause to trample the rights of yet another group of citizens, especially after losing their court challenge to restrict 2SLGBTQ's human rights.
1/3
1/3
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
FFS! Canada Post is NOT a business. It is a public service, like parks and fire departments. Decide what services it should provide and fund it properly.
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
CFO reports Canada Post is 'effectively insolvent' as losses skyrocket to $1B through Q3
Amid 20-month contract dispute with CUPW, Crown corporation's chief financial officer Rindala El-Hage reveals 'unprecedented' operating numbers at annual meeting — an eighth straight year of losses.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
FFS! Canada Post is NOT a business. It is a public service, like parks and fire departments. Decide what services it should provide and fund it properly.
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
Reposted by Enema Bag Jones
Look.
It’s not surprising why “young people” are “saying no” to marriage and childbearing/rearing.
THEY CAN’T FUCKING AFFORD TO LIVE.
I don’t know why this is a mystery.
When I was in my 20s I rented a whole ass 4br house for $550/month all in. Groceries and bills were $200/month.
It’s not surprising why “young people” are “saying no” to marriage and childbearing/rearing.
THEY CAN’T FUCKING AFFORD TO LIVE.
I don’t know why this is a mystery.
When I was in my 20s I rented a whole ass 4br house for $550/month all in. Groceries and bills were $200/month.
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Look.
It’s not surprising why “young people” are “saying no” to marriage and childbearing/rearing.
THEY CAN’T FUCKING AFFORD TO LIVE.
I don’t know why this is a mystery.
When I was in my 20s I rented a whole ass 4br house for $550/month all in. Groceries and bills were $200/month.
It’s not surprising why “young people” are “saying no” to marriage and childbearing/rearing.
THEY CAN’T FUCKING AFFORD TO LIVE.
I don’t know why this is a mystery.
When I was in my 20s I rented a whole ass 4br house for $550/month all in. Groceries and bills were $200/month.