The province's decision to close close 10 sites offering supervised consumption services (SCS) across Ontario, including five in Toronto, will have 'far-reaching detrimental impacts on our communities,' says the chair of the city's Board of Health.
The province's decision to close close 10 sites offering supervised consumption services across Ontario, including five in Toronto, will have"far-reaching detrimental impacts on our communities," says the chair of the city's Board of Health.
"We have saved lives over the years and I've seen it firsthand. We must understand that the closure of supervised consumption services will affect not only the people who use their services, but our entire communities," he said. On Tuesday, the Ontario government announced that 10 SCS sites, nine of which are provincially-funded, have been banned from operating as they're within 200 metres of a school or child care centre.
In her remarks, she said that the changes come as the “status quo of drug consumption sites is not working.” “We also know that the cycle of addiction is not being broken by using drug consumption sites. We need to do more to support a journey into treatment and recovery, to keep communities safe and to address the tragic impact of substance abuse drug overdoses and opioid related deaths have in our communities.
This soon-to-be proposed legislation also calls for the prohibition of municipalities from applying for drug decriminalization examptions from the federal government.
Ontario said its plan for these hubs to add 375"highly supportive" housing units along with addiction recovery and treatment beds. The first SCS site opened in Toronto in 2017. Currently, 10 sites in Toronto provide these services. Six of them are funded by the province. "If you close down a number of these sites, we're going to see a death toll rising out on our streets," she said.
Asked about the development at an unrelated news conference Tuesday, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said it would be"premature" to comment before he's seen the details.
Waterloo residents are frustrated over the death of a wild deer that had been living in their neighbourhood, after repeated requests to help the animal were ignored.Damaged books and bits of wood littered the ground on Wednesday after a free little library in Kitchener was destroyed.Workers voted to ratify a new four-year collective agreement that eliminates the two-tier wage system, they said discriminated against new hires and existing workers with limited seniority.
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