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Nova Scotia fined for housing people with intellectual disabilities in hospitalWednesday's decision also levies fines on the province for the time Beth MacLean, Joseph Delaney and the late Sheila Livingstone - who died before the hearing was completed - were held at the Emerald Hall ward in Halifax.CanadaDec 5, 2019
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Court to set appeal dates for finding of Nova Scotia human rights board inquiryThe inquiry found Nova Scotia had violated the human rights of three people with disabilities, but did not determine that systemic discrimination against people with disabilities had occurred.PoliticsJun 18, 2019
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N.S. inquiry finds that hospital violated human rights of people with disabilitiesWalter Thompson, the chairman of the board of inquiry, found that the province discriminated against the complainants on account of mental and physical disability.CanadaMar 4, 2019
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Closing arguments heard at N.S. inquiry as people with disabilities allege housing discriminationBeth MacLean and Joseph Delaney have testified the Department of Community Services violated the province's Human Rights Act by forcing them to remain at the Emerald Hall psychiatric ward in Halifax even though they had been medically discharged.PoliticsOct 30, 2018
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N.S. housing wait also long for poor without disabilities, witness testifiesGovernment lawyers called Neil MacDonald, a manager at Housing Nova Scotia, who testified that 3,400 families and seniors are on wait lists, and on some housing programs the average wait approaches three years.CanadaJun 19, 2018
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Nova Scotia ‘austerity’ left people with disabilities without housing, inquiry toldThe hearing is in Day 14, and is considering whether the Department of Community Services violated the Human Rights Act by housing Joseph Delaney and Beth MacLean in a hospital-like, institutional setting.HealthJun 4, 2018
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Expert who warned of ‘incarcerating’ people with disabilities speaks at Nova Scotia inquiryIn 2006, Dorothy Griffiths and Dr. Chrissoula Stavrakaki delivered a report to the Nova Scotia Hospital that concluded it was "verging" on violating the basic rights of people with disabilities.CanadaMar 23, 2018
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Woman with intellectual disability details 15-year quest for release from N.S. hospitalThe human rights inquiry is considering whether human rights for two Nova Scotians were breached when the province refused to move them from hospital-like settings into small homes where assistance is provided for meals, mental health and other care.CanadaMar 6, 2018
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Nova Scotia’s confinement of people with disabilities a ‘lawsuit waiting to happen’A Dalhousie law professor said the province should have found housing in the community with supports for the residents, after the review was delivered to senior health officials almost 13 years ago.CanadaFeb 19, 2018
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Directives in report on abuse at Emerald Hall not a guarantee, mother saysTracey Meisner, the mother of Emerald Hall patient Matthew Meisner, who was abused at the facility, says she has little faith in directives that have come from the final report into her son's treatment at the facility.HealthJan 24, 2017
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