Province cancels extension of ‘life-saving’ safe consumption site in Brampton, region says [Video]

Plans to keep a safe consumption site open that’s seen hundreds of patients and helped save lives in Brampton are being scrapped by the Ontario PC government under new legislation, the Region of Peel says.

Last year, Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced the province was banning any safe consumption site from operating within 200 metres of child care centres and schools, while also implementing new requirements for existing locations.

Premier Doug Ford has been an outspoken critic of the centres citing concerns around safety, despite admitting last year he’d never visited one.

And while the Urgent Public Health Need Site in Brampton was initially going to be spared under the new Community Care and Recovery Act, the Region of Peel now says the facility will be shuttered next month.

A report to regional council shows that centre operators Moyo Health and Community Services were informed on Feb. 10 that the safe …