Regional council votes to push province to keep CTS sites running [Video]

Region of Waterloo councillors passed a motion to ask the province to reverse its decision to close consumption sites.

Last month, the provincial government announced many CTS sites will be forced to close, including the one in Kitchener, due to safety concerns.

On Wednesday at a regional council meeting, Councillor Jim Erb’s motion passed by a vote of 13 to 2 – with the majority of councillors agreeing to join local advocates who hope to throw local CTS sites a lifeline.

“What is Doug Ford thinking? This is something that’s saving lives,” said Barbara Hill, the team lead with Supportive Housing Advocacy Waterloo Region.

Hill’s organization delivered an open letter to the province last week to try to push the province to keep CTS sites opened.

Michael Parkinson, a drug strategy specialist said it’s a matter of life and death.

“People are going to die. It is not a question of whether there is something else available for the people …