MONTREAL — Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attacking the Montreal mayor's approach to severe drug addiction and homelessness, accusing her of telling Montrealers to learn to live with 'chaos.
MONTREAL — Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attacking the Montreal mayor's approach to severe drug addiction and homelessness, accusing her of telling Montrealers to learn to live with"chaos."
The site, which opened earlier this year in the St-Henri neighbourhood, includes 36 studio apartments for people experiencing homelessness and living with addiction or mental health issues; also inside the building is the city's first supervised drug-use site able to accommodate drug inhalation as well as other forms of consumption.
Calling Plante an"NDP-Liberal mayor," the Tory leader said she"has even insisted Montrealers should just learn to live with this chaos and this danger. She says we should just accept homelessness." Plante did not immediately respond to Poilievre's comments on Friday. Earlier this week, she announced that the city will hold public consultations on how to better integrate community services — including homeless shelters and drug-use sites — into neighbourhoods amid rising public concern that they attract violent, aggressive and inappropriate behaviour.
Montreal's public health department also defended Maison Benoît Labre, which includes housing for people exiting homelessness, psychosocial support and a day centre. It said that only a minority of users, or an average of eight people per day, use the two supervised consumption cubicles.
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