MEDIA RELEASE
March 12, 2025
Public release of Notice of Appeal of Superior Court decision on evictions from homeless encampments
(HAMILTON, March 12, 2025) – The Hamilton Community Legal Clinic, in partnership with the Community Legal Clinic of York Region, is publicly releasing the Notice of Appeal of the Dec. 23, 2024, decision of the Superior Court of Justice to dismiss the Application of 14 individuals who have experienced encampment evictions from public property.
Publicly releasing this information coincides with the Court of Appeal of Ontario officially accepting the Notice of Appeal effective March 10, meaning that the appeal will move forward.
The appeal is filed on behalf of the 14 individuals who have experienced encampment evictions. We maintain that the evictions violated the 14 individuals’ right to life, liberty and security under Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. They further violated the Applicants’ equality rights under Section 15 of the Charter, because the evictions had a disproportionate impact on women, people with disabilities, and Indigenous peoples.
Court decisions play an important role in defining or reforming the legal and constitutional boundaries that address the rights of citizens, including unsheltered and unhoused individuals. Â When an error in the interpretation of the law is found in a decision, an appeal is the next step, a necessary checkpoint to ensure court decisions uphold the constitutional rights of its citizens.
The full notice of appeal is attached below.
Health Justice Partnerships Coordination and Promotion Project Coordinator
Contract – up to 85 Weeks
Listed on CharityVillage
Join our team! Through an inter-clinic grant by the Law Foundation we are seeking an experienced Health Justice Partnership (HJP) Project Coordinator who would be responsible for meeting the objectives and targets of the grant. There are five inter-related projects which are aimed at strengthening the health justice movement in Ontario and increasing access to justice and health in the province. Each objective will improve the capacity of health and justice sector professionals to develop, deliver, and sustain health justice initiatives. The overall aim is to raise awareness about Health Justice Partnerships in the medical and legal sectors, as well as support existing and prospective HJPs in the province.
Please apply on charityvillage.com no later than Friday, February 26, 2025.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement in support of Hamilton’s rejection of anti-trans disinformation
HAMILTON, ONTARIO, August 28, 2023 – We endorse the statement made by Hamilton Trans Health Coalition in response to a recent letter published in the Hamilton Spectator on July 21st. Attacks against trans and gender-diverse people are increasing in media and public discourse, abroad and at home. Everyone can and should learn to apply critical analysis to the disinformation and tactics employed in these attacks.
Trans youth are real. They know their genders and identities. Social affirmation and medical transition, when requested, are solidly evidence-based methods of ensuring their best health outcomes.
Access to evidence-based healthcare is a matter of access to justice. To learn more about our commitment to address unmet legal needs of the LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit communities in Hamilton please visit queerjustice.ca.
May 30th, 2023
We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life this past Saturday when two tenants were allegedly killed by their landlord outside their home in Stoney Creek, Ontario. We extend our sincerest condolences to their families and loved ones for their loss. We urge others to respect their privacy at this time.
It has come to our attention that, over the past few days, there were many people using this horrific tragedy for their own aims and political agendas over social media about landlord and tenant relationships. Speculating on the reasons for the tragedy without all the facts available is unacceptable and has the potential to incite further violence and we condemn it. Any such comments are reckless and harmful to the victims and their loved ones.
Everyone has the right to be safe in their home, whether they rent that home or own it. Our thoughts are with the bereaved and the wider Stoney Creek community in this difficult time.
