B.C. top court upholds pause on law banning public drug use
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B.C.'s top court has rejected the province's attempt to appeal a pause on a law restricting illicit substance use in many public spaces. The pause was imposed during a legal challenge of that law, launched by drug user advocates.
The Court of Appeal decision on the case brought by Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth was issued on Friday, a ministry spokesperson confirmed.
The ruling was issued orally by Justice Ronald Skolrood, according to a lawyer representing the Harm Reduction Nurses Association, which launched the constitutional challenge.
"The Court of Appeal found that it was not in the public interest to allow B.C. to seek to appeal the injunction order," said DJ Larkin, a lawyer with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, on Saturday.
"On this limited interim basis, that means this law should not come into force."
The ruling upholds a three-month temporary injunction
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