Richard Elliott
@relliotthhr.bsky.social
Health & human rights. Lawyer, independent consultant, former ED @HIVlegal. HIV, harm reduction & drug policy, COVID, 2SLGBTQ+, access to meds, SRHR, other health & human rights issues, #cdnpoli. Plus fantasy & SF. Halifax. #CanadaSky (he/him)😷 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
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Once one government learns it can override your fundamental rights, every government learns it can too. That’s the danger of the Notwithstanding Clause. It teaches power to ignore accountability.
Draw the line. Defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
Draw the line. Defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
URGENT – Stop Alberta's government from overriding the Charter of Rights
Alberta Premier Smith plans to use the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
savethecharter.ca
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Once one government learns it can override your fundamental rights, every government learns it can too. That’s the danger of the Notwithstanding Clause. It teaches power to ignore accountability.
Draw the line. Defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
Draw the line. Defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
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A new bombshell report just dropped that exposes hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel.
I reached out to the government about this...and their response suggested either further obfuscation or that they're uninformed about weapons exports during a genocide.
Here's what happened:
I reached out to the government about this...and their response suggested either further obfuscation or that they're uninformed about weapons exports during a genocide.
Here's what happened:
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A new bombshell report just dropped that exposes hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel.
I reached out to the government about this...and their response suggested either further obfuscation or that they're uninformed about weapons exports during a genocide.
Here's what happened:
I reached out to the government about this...and their response suggested either further obfuscation or that they're uninformed about weapons exports during a genocide.
Here's what happened:
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The air drop dropped 25 tons of humanitarian aid over Gaza.
That’s less than a truckload.
Thousands of truckloads are needed.
There are thousands of trucks ready to go in. They are not being *allowed* in.
The answer is not to drop from the sky. It’s to open the gates.
That’s less than a truckload.
Thousands of truckloads are needed.
There are thousands of trucks ready to go in. They are not being *allowed* in.
The answer is not to drop from the sky. It’s to open the gates.
July 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The air drop dropped 25 tons of humanitarian aid over Gaza.
That’s less than a truckload.
Thousands of truckloads are needed.
There are thousands of trucks ready to go in. They are not being *allowed* in.
The answer is not to drop from the sky. It’s to open the gates.
That’s less than a truckload.
Thousands of truckloads are needed.
There are thousands of trucks ready to go in. They are not being *allowed* in.
The answer is not to drop from the sky. It’s to open the gates.
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📢 Webinar: #Sustainability at the Edge
The impact of global health cuts on people who use #drugs
🗓 7 August 2025
🕒 3-4:30 PM CET
🌍 Online (with simultaneous interpretation in French, Russian & Spanish)
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The impact of global health cuts on people who use #drugs
🗓 7 August 2025
🕒 3-4:30 PM CET
🌍 Online (with simultaneous interpretation in French, Russian & Spanish)
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📢 Webinar: #Sustainability at the Edge
The impact of global health cuts on people who use #drugs
🗓 7 August 2025
🕒 3-4:30 PM CET
🌍 Online (with simultaneous interpretation in French, Russian & Spanish)
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The impact of global health cuts on people who use #drugs
🗓 7 August 2025
🕒 3-4:30 PM CET
🌍 Online (with simultaneous interpretation in French, Russian & Spanish)
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
What are key elements of a sustainable response to HIV among people who use drugs? And what are some key processes and places to push for these?
Pleased to see the brief I prepared for International Network of People who Use Drugs @inpud.bsky.social now out in the world.
inpud.net/.../uploads/...
Pleased to see the brief I prepared for International Network of People who Use Drugs @inpud.bsky.social now out in the world.
inpud.net/.../uploads/...
July 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What are key elements of a sustainable response to HIV among people who use drugs? And what are some key processes and places to push for these?
Pleased to see the brief I prepared for International Network of People who Use Drugs @inpud.bsky.social now out in the world.
inpud.net/.../uploads/...
Pleased to see the brief I prepared for International Network of People who Use Drugs @inpud.bsky.social now out in the world.
inpud.net/.../uploads/...
The betrayal of science and of public health continues.
In case you missed it, in all the bad news (as I did): the FDA is apparently not updating the covid vax (from JN.1, in the M. & P. vaxxes) to inc. newer strains, this fall.
Yet another way to undermine confidence in vax efficacy, as well as the actual vax efficacy.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Yet another way to undermine confidence in vax efficacy, as well as the actual vax efficacy.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
FDA Advisers Recommend No Changes to COVID Vaccine for Fall
Panel members had questions about whether a new FDA proposal to require randomized trials for vaccines in healthy adults might delay manufacture and limit access.
www.medscape.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The betrayal of science and of public health continues.
Government Export Agency Noted 99 Israeli Crimes, But OK’d Arms Sale www.readthemaple.com/government-e...
Government Export Agency Noted 99 Israeli Crimes, But OK’d Arms Sale
“It is hard to really conjure a mitigation measure that could reduce the level of risk of arms transfers to Israel.”
www.readthemaple.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Government Export Agency Noted 99 Israeli Crimes, But OK’d Arms Sale www.readthemaple.com/government-e...
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5 years since the start of the pandemic and it is frustrating that we still need to keep repeating: vaccines, masks, tests, and cleaning the air all play roles in reducing transmission.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
May 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
5 years since the start of the pandemic and it is frustrating that we still need to keep repeating: vaccines, masks, tests, and cleaning the air all play roles in reducing transmission.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
Take a moment to support more sensible, forward-thinking policy that is in our self-interest (as future pensioners) and the planet (without which there won't be much point to having whatever meagre public pension might survive the depredations of the oligarchs by then).
Don’t let the Canada Pension Plan abandon its net-zero commitment
The Canada Pension Plan safeguards the futures of 22 million hardworking Canadians – from teachers and nurses to tradespeople and tech workers – and retirees who’ve paid in over a lifetime. With over ...
you.leadnow.ca
May 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Take a moment to support more sensible, forward-thinking policy that is in our self-interest (as future pensioners) and the planet (without which there won't be much point to having whatever meagre public pension might survive the depredations of the oligarchs by then).
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Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
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To the people of Palestine, Im sorry you have been utterly failed by the EU.
Never Again means Never Again for anyone.
#FreePalestine #StopIsraeliGenocide
Never Again means Never Again for anyone.
#FreePalestine #StopIsraeliGenocide
May 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
To the people of Palestine, Im sorry you have been utterly failed by the EU.
Never Again means Never Again for anyone.
#FreePalestine #StopIsraeliGenocide
Never Again means Never Again for anyone.
#FreePalestine #StopIsraeliGenocide
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I'm legitimately curious, enough to open comments. All you folks who told us not to speak up yet, to give the new government time, to trust what they tell us: are you ok with Canada joining Trump's "golden dome"? Should we say anything critical yet or nah?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Canada discusses joining US Golden Dome missile defence programme
PM Mark Carney's office says there are "active discussions" on the Golden Dome, but it's too early to say how Canada would join or pay in.
www.bbc.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I'm legitimately curious, enough to open comments. All you folks who told us not to speak up yet, to give the new government time, to trust what they tell us: are you ok with Canada joining Trump's "golden dome"? Should we say anything critical yet or nah?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Make a fuss. Be disruptive. Do whatever you need to do to get the care you need
Advocate for yourself, and when you have the health to do so, advocate for comprehensive healthcare coverage for all
Whenever possible, be the voice which so many people lack <3
Read the whole thread
Advocate for yourself, and when you have the health to do so, advocate for comprehensive healthcare coverage for all
Whenever possible, be the voice which so many people lack <3
Read the whole thread
When I had my hysterectomy, I was told recovery would be quick because I was young, fit & otherwise healthy.
They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation.
When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
They were wrong. The surgeon made an error and despite signs of post op bleeding, discharged me & went on vacation.
When I returned to the ER, I was ignored & gaslit 🧵
May 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Make a fuss. Be disruptive. Do whatever you need to do to get the care you need
Advocate for yourself, and when you have the health to do so, advocate for comprehensive healthcare coverage for all
Whenever possible, be the voice which so many people lack <3
Read the whole thread
Advocate for yourself, and when you have the health to do so, advocate for comprehensive healthcare coverage for all
Whenever possible, be the voice which so many people lack <3
Read the whole thread
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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So far, it seems that leaders of professional associations are valuing their proximity to power above sound and ethical public health practices. newrepublic.com/article/1949...
May 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So far, it seems that leaders of professional associations are valuing their proximity to power above sound and ethical public health practices. newrepublic.com/article/1949...
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According to the headline
“Diseases are spreading.
The CDC
isn’t warning the public
like it was months ago,”
and while l am accustomed
to keeping my expectations low,
evidently these days
it is expecting too much
to expect
the Centers for Disease Control
to control diseases.
“Diseases are spreading.
The CDC
isn’t warning the public
like it was months ago,”
and while l am accustomed
to keeping my expectations low,
evidently these days
it is expecting too much
to expect
the Centers for Disease Control
to control diseases.
May 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
According to the headline
“Diseases are spreading.
The CDC
isn’t warning the public
like it was months ago,”
and while l am accustomed
to keeping my expectations low,
evidently these days
it is expecting too much
to expect
the Centers for Disease Control
to control diseases.
“Diseases are spreading.
The CDC
isn’t warning the public
like it was months ago,”
and while l am accustomed
to keeping my expectations low,
evidently these days
it is expecting too much
to expect
the Centers for Disease Control
to control diseases.
Yep. There has never been any independent medical info released about the supposed injury, no medical records, nothing.
May 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Yep. There has never been any independent medical info released about the supposed injury, no medical records, nothing.
Hungary has banned Pride marches. It's a direct attack on LGBT+ rights and the freedom to protest. Sign now to demand EU action before May 27! Help protect human rights and keep Pride alive. a.allout.org/s/WZRVR/
Stop Hungary’s Pride Ban – Defend LGBT+ Rights Now
Hungary has banned Pride marches, threatening LGBT+ rights and the freedom to protest. Sign the petition now to urge the EU to act before it’s too late. Every voice matters – help defend human rights ...
a.allout.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hungary has banned Pride marches. It's a direct attack on LGBT+ rights and the freedom to protest. Sign now to demand EU action before May 27! Help protect human rights and keep Pride alive. a.allout.org/s/WZRVR/