- HALCO endorses letter to Ontario Mayors and City Councils about the rights of residents in encampments (August 2024); http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Joint-Letter-re-Encampment-Evictions-Aug-14-2024_.pdf
- HALCO endorses letter to oppose Canada’s plan to expand immigration detention into federal prisons (May 2024); http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Open-letter-May-2024.pdf
- HALCO endorses legal clinic letter to the federal government urging them to alter their approach to the Canada Disability Benefit (April 2024); http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ontario-Legal-Clinics-Letter-on-the-CDB.pdf
- HALCO endorses letter (January 22, 2024) urging Canada to accept recommendations made at its recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council to ensure access to health care without discrimination on the basis of immigration status and to fully implement the decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in Nell Toussaint v Canada (2018): LINK TO LETTER Joint-letter-to-ministers-1-22-2024-English.pdf (healthcoalition.ca)
- HALCO joins call condemning the criminalization of community-regulated safe drug supply distribution in Vancouver on October 25, 2023; https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Hto8rCVp-ATCS2rPSPuZm7Gpvj7_9bLgDF-jJ7Ijdc/edit
- HALCO endorses a cross-country day of action on September 17, 2023, in support of the campaign for regularization (permanent resident status for undocumented people) and the broader fight for status for all migrants. (September 2023); https://migrantrights.ca/events/sep17/
- HALCO endorses letter to Municipal Councils in Ontario urging a human rights-based approach to issues facing people living in encampments. (August 2023); http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Open-Letter-to-Town-Councils-Final.pdf ; Press release http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PressRelease-Encampment-Open-Letter-2023-DRAFT.pdf
- HALCO joins others in calling on the Canadian government to stop harmful human trafficking laws that cause harm to sex workers. (June 2023); https://www.butterflysw.org/say-no-to-bill-224
- HALCO joins the call for the Ontario College of Pharmacists to expand Opioid Therapy Access. (June 2023); http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FINAL-Letter-to-Ontario-College-Pharmacists-Regarding-Availability-of-Opioid-Therapy.pdf
- HALCO joins the call on the federal government to negotiate a fair collective agreement with striking Service Canada workers. (June 2023); http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PSAC-strike.-greve-de-lAFPC.-OPEN-LETTER.pdf
- HALCO endorses the Income Security Advocacy Centre submission to the federal government on the Canada Disability Benefit (Bill C-22). (June 2023); http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-04-11-ISAC-SOCI-C-22-Submission.pdf
- HALCO joins Amnesty International’s call for Canada to stop inter-provincial transfers of people in immigration detention, invest in alternatives to detention, and stop the use of jails for immigration detention. (June 2023); English http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Open-letter-Transfers-EN.pdf ; French http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Open-letter-Transfers-FR.pdf
- HALCO joins call for the federal government to end punitive and coercive approaches to drug use in Canada. (June 2023); English http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Support-Dont-Punish-Letter-Final-w-Signatures-Eng-002.pdf ; French http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SDP-Letter-Final-w-Signatures-FR.pdf
- HALCO endorses call for Coroner’s inquest into the death of Abdurahman Hassan and renewed request to stop the use of provincial jails for immigration detention (March 2023): English http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Open-letter-Hassan-inquest-English.pdf ; French http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Open-letter-Hassan-inquestFR.pdf
- HALCO endorses Health Network for Uninsured Clients report, A Bridge to Universal Healthcare: The Benefits of Ontario’s Program to Make Hospital Care Accessible to All Residents of the Province (March 2023): https://www.hnuc.org/reports
- HALCO endorses call to rescind the cuts to healthcare coverage for uninsured people in Ontario, and to make this essential program permanent (March 2023): http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/OAN_URGENT_HIV-sector-response-to-propsed-healthcare-cuts-for-uninsured-03-28-2023.pdf
- HALCO endorses call to support Uganda’s LGBTIQ communities (March 2023): http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Call-To-Support-Ugandas-LGBTIQ-Communities_.pdf
- HALCO endorse call for immediate action to form an independent provincial oversight body for Ontario institutions (January 2023): Open Letter to Solicitor General Michael Kerzner calling for immediate action to form an independent provincial oversight body for Ontario institutions (google.com)
- HALCO endorses Human Rights Watch letter to end immigration detention in provincial jails (January 2023), click HERE to see the letter. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f85d82966bb203a90d1375a/t/6377f4b3b34a5f47b2777166/1668805812058/Open+Letter+%28Nov+2022%29+-+final+%282%29.pdf
- HALCO endorses letter calling on Ontario government to dramatically overhaul housing-related Bill 23 as it will prevent the creation of affordable housing (December 2022); click HERE to see the letter.
- HALCO endorses legal clinic Inter-provincial Employment Insurance (EI) Working Group letter to the federal government regarding EI reform (December 2022): for English click Here, for French click Here
- HALCO endorses campaign for permanent access to healthcare for uninsured people in Ontario (November 2022), https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCvpWho2VOUw_TNlXRxmZbHP9Of12CfeEaCHltuictLjXVIw/viewform
- HALCO provides submission to Canadian Human Rights Commission re privacy of complainant information (August 2022), http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/HALCO-submission_CHRC_Poposed-Application-Rules-update_August-4-2022_fin.._.pdf
- HALCO endorses open letter to Ontario government re raising social assistance rates (July 2022): English http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Open-letter-re-raising-ODSP-and-OW-rates-in-Aug-2022-Budget-July-25.pdf French http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Lettre-publique-concernant-laugmentation-des-taux-daide-sociale-dans-le-budget-daout-2022-25-juillet-2022.pdf
- HALCO endorses consensus statement to federal government re funding for response to HIV (June 2022), http://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/National-Advocates-CBO-Consensus-Statement_M_Duclos-06-30-2022.pdf
- HALCO endorses letter to the federal government calling for emergency support and services in response to Mpox infection (June 2022), English https://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CERB-GIS-open-letter-to-Minister-of-Employment-Oct-28-EN.pdf French https://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SRG-PCU-lettre-a-ministre-de-lEmploi-Oct-28-FR.pdf
- HALCO and others Applaud Ontario Parties Promising Drug Coverage for HIV Treatment and Prevention Medications (May 2022), https://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CERB-GIS-open-letter-to-Minister-of-Employment-Oct-28-EN.pdf
- HALCO endorses submission to the federal government on improving Employment Insurance benefits (May 2022).
- HALCO endorses letter to federal government to immediately expedite visa approvals for delegates to attend the July 2022 International AIDS Conference taking place in Montreal
- HALCO endorses Joint Letter Against Immigration Detention in Canada (May 2022). English Lawyers+&+academics+open+letter+against+immigration+detention+in+jails+(May+2022).pdf (squarespace.com)
- HALCO endorses an open letter calling on the city of Newmarket, Ontario to end systemic racism against Asian massage businesses and workers (April 2022).
- HALCO endorses Decriminalization Done Right: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy (December 2021); English https://www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/decriminalization-done-right-a-rights-based-path-for-drug-policy/?lang=en French https://www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/decriminalization-done-right-a-rights-based-path-for-drug-policy/?lang=fr
- HALCO endorses call to the federal government to extend COVID-19 benefits and take action on reforms to Employment Insurance (November 2021): https://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/EI.-CRB.-Letter-to-Govt-v.3.-Nov-12.-2021.pdf
- HALCO endorses letter to the federal government regarding a temporary waiver of intellectual property rights in relation to the prevention, treatment, or containment of COVID-19 (November 2021): English Letter to Minister Ng with sign-ons French Lettre en français
- HALCO endorses HIV Legal Network open letter to federal government re drug policy (October 2021): https://www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/open-letter-to-justin-trudeau-prioritizing-drug-policy-for-incoming-cabinet-members/?lang=en
- HALCO endorses Income Security Advocacy Centre letter re reduction and loss of GIS for low-income seniors who access Canada Emergency Response Benefit (October 2021): English https://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CERB-GIS-open-letter-to-Minister-of-Employment-Oct-28-EN.pdf French https://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SRG-PCU-lettre-a-ministre-de-lEmploi-Oct-28-FR.pdf
- HALCO and others support the HIV Legal Network and Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network call on the Ontario government to stop Bill 251 which will place more Indigenous, Black, and other racialized persons, especially migrants, youth, women, and sex workers at risk: Stop Bill 251 | butterflysw (May 2021)
To view more of HALCO’s endorsements please visit our Archive page.