Jason Gratl

Litigator, civil libertarian, PhD candidate. Prying some ideals from the jaws of reality.

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@ABRadFems @preta_6 Hi @ABRadFems. The litigation does not impede or discourage any work on the social problems leading to alcoholism. The litigation is directed at the 6 month abstinence requirement, which denies transplants to Indigenous patients without any basis in science. Read the claim.

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@ICampbell44 @preta_6 Hi @Icampbell44. The BC Transplant doctors on the basis of the science do not support a 6 month abstinence requirement. https://t.co/EZVhkL2eNU Why oppose an improved requirement that is empirically related to transplant viability without being discriminatory?

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@ICampbell44 @preta_6 @Icampbell44, even the Transplant Society and Health Authority admit that the scientific research does not support a 6 month abstinence requirement as a precondition for viable transplant. There is nothing woke about this science. Read the claim, Ian, read.

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@ReliefBelief @preta_6 If you are looking for intelligible, @reliefbelief, I recommend Chahal et al. “End state liver disease etiology & transplantation referral outcomes of major ethnic groups in British Columbia, Canada” Medicine (2021) 100:42.

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@ReliefBelief @preta_6 Did you read the claim, @reliefbelief? It is a good starting place for thinking about this challenging medical-legal policy issue. https://t.co/hhTrnBY6uL

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@nationalpost I am legal counsel for UBCIC on the liver transplant discrimination claim. The filed claim is here: https://t.co/4VwIiJZtgg I urge Ms. Hamm @preta_6 and @nationalpost to read the claim and the medical journal articles supporting the claim.

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@ReliefBelief @preta_6 No, @reliefbelief. The claim is founded in part on empirical research showing that a 6 month abstinence period is not efficacious in preventing post-transplant liver failure. The goal is to improve access to liver transplants for Indigenous patients: https://t.co/4VwIiJZtgg

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@ICampbell44 @preta_6 No, Ian. The claim is founded in part on empirical research demonstrating that the 6 month abstinence period is not efficacious in preventing post-transplant liver failure. The goal is to improve access to liver transplants for Indigenous patients: https://t.co/4VwIiJZtgg

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@preta_6 This claim is not based on feelings. It is based on science and statistics. See, for example: Chahal et al. “End state liver disease etiology & transplantation referral outcomes of major ethnic groups in British Columbia, Canada” Medicine (2021) 100:42

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@preta_6 Sorry to hear about your aunt, Amy @preta_6. But why does your article say that the 6 month abstinence policy was dropped in May of 1999 but applied to your aunt in 2020? @nationalpost should be fact-checking or at least cogency-checking. @CarsonJerema?

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@ICampbell44 @preta_6 @ICampbell44. The claim is here: https://t.co/4VwIiJZtgg Read it. The claim is not virtue signalling. It is signalling a need to improve Indigenous patients' access to transplants.

[Jason Gratl @JasonGratl]

@preta_6 I am legal counsel for UBCIC on the liver transplant discrimination claim. The filed claim is here: https://t.co/4VwIiJZtgg I urge Ms. Hamm @preta_6 to read the claim and the medical journal articles that empirically support the claim.

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@theJagmeetSingh Force a government confidence vote on MMR proportional representation. If the vote succeeds, Canada wins. If the vote fails, @justintrudeau loses power for breaking the promise that brought him into power. Either way, your redeem the @ndp.

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@Cdnrumpole @SoniaFurstenau @bcndp @Dave_Eby @pivotlegal @bccla Better to demand that a Green Party MLA be appointed Minister of Environment for BC. @Dave_Eby @BCGreens

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@SoniaFurstenau It is reasonable to demand that a Green Party MLA be appointed Minister of Environment for BC. Cross-party ministerial appointments are common for European minority governments. @Dave_Eby @bcpoli

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Thanks @NeilChantler! ... bittersweet to drag government towards fiscal prudence and humanity by means of a lawsuit

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A huge congratulations to Jayce Salloum, winner of the GovGen Award in Visual and Media Arts! http://t.co/VRa9b9GGey http://t.co/xHK6J0Wee4

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Steadfast David slays Goliath Clark: http://t.co/TovN3b9tAW Wider recount margin - 1,063 votes! #BCNDP lesson: riding candidates matter

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@bobraeMP #Harper is saying immediately post-disaster it is better to sound like George Bush than Susan Sarandon; rather tough than sloppy.

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Kinder Morgan's pipeline holds a promise for the Lower Mainland: http://t.co/YO2Y1663YT