Didnt talk to us in advance: Ontario supervised consumption site surprised by shutdown [Video]

Bill Sinclair was surprised and upset when he saw the name of the Toronto overdose prevention centre he runs included on a list of similar facilities in Ontario the government has ordered to close.

The Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Site, run by Neighbourhood Group Community Services in Toronto, is one of 10 sites across the province that will be forced to close before next April because they’re located close to either a school or a daycare centre.

“I was surprised about the entire announcement,” Sinclair, CEO of Neighbourhood Group Community Services, told Global News. “They didn’t talk to us in advance. They didn’t contact us before or since or after.”

The announcement came on Tuesday in Ottawa when Minister of Health Sylvia Jones took to the stage at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s annual conference. She unveiled almost $380 in funding for new addiction recovery facilities while ordering many of the province’s …