Forced addiction recovery proposal scrapped by Ontario Big City Mayors as Brampton calls for involuntary treatment [Video]

Mayors of Ontario’s biggest cities have walked back a proposal asking for a forced drug and mental health treatment plan in Ontario, leaving Brampton to go it alone if the controversial plan gets provincial approval.

Ontario’s Big City Mayors met on Friday passing a resolution calling on the provincial and federal governments for more tools to deal with homelessness, mental health, safety and addiction crises in cities across the province.

The motion originally called for involuntary drug treatment in Ontario and the possible use of the notwithstanding clause according to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, proposals it called “dangerous” to fundamental rights and freedoms.

But any reference to either the notwithstanding or involuntary treatment were removed prior to Friday’s vote with the Big City Mayors caucus instead calling for more funding from Ottawa and Queen’s Park, an “intervenor status” when dealing with encampments in their cities, and a review of the Mental …