Manitoba government provides more details on safe consumption site [Video]

The Manitoba government has announced an initial price tag for the development of a safe consumption site in Winnipeg.

The province and the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg (AHWC) will be partnering to bring the site to life, with the government providing $727,000.

“We know that a service model grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, world views and perspectives is needed, and the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre is well-positioned to ensure community needs are centred,” said Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith in a news release.

The AHWC will be in charge of the service design and delivery at the consumption site, the province said. There will also be a new Shared Health coordinator that will “ensure integration with the broader provincial mental health and addiction system.”

In the NDP’s spring budget, they promised $2.5 million for the facility and the goal is to have it …