Toronto’s top doctor, along with the chair of the Toronto Board of Health, are speaking out against the province’s decision not to fund three overdose-prevention sites that are currently operating in the city.
At a news conference at city hall on Monday, health-care advocates called on the provincial government to reverse its decision and provide funding for the affected Toronto sites.
“I would have to say that I am disappointed and I would suggest that it goes beyond disappointment. It is around the fact that these are life-saving services. There is clearly a need.” The Works, the city-run site at the Toronto Public Health building on Victoria Street, is currently under review but has not yet been approved.
“So to my mind, with numbers continuing as they are, now is not the time to reduce services, but in fact to maintain and enhance existing services and to expand them beyond what we’ve currently got.”
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