This is big news. Obtaining an injunction against legislation coming into force is always a steep uphill battle and such injunctions are rarely granted. That is why we are thrilled to say that the BC Supreme Court has sided with suffering patients and the doctors and private clinics who treat them by staying the coming into force of new financial penalties that the BC government recently introduced to put the clinics out of business.

This is just an interim victory, but it keeps the clinics — which have been treating patients for more than 20 years in BC — open while the case can proceed. It will allow them to continue to provide the life-saving and life-improving treatments and surgeries that are the only option for many patients suffering on long and growing waiting lists.

Read the full release here. The decision can be downloaded and viewed here.