Reaction to province’s bill to ban CTS sites near schools and daycares [Video]

A bill was tabled Monday to shutdown 10 supervised consumption sites, including the ones in Kitchener and Guelph, that the province says are too close to local schools and daycares.

Municipalities previously had to apply directly to the federal government if they wanted to build a CTS.

But under the new bill, they’ll have to go to the province first and ask for an exemption.

With a Progressive Conservative government, however, it’s unlikely to be approved.

“I want to be very clear, there will be no further safe injection sites in the province of Ontario under our government,” Health Minister Sylvia Jones stated.

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Ontario has already announced its plan to switch to an abstinence-based model. The “homelessness and addiction recovery treatment” hubs, or HART hubs, are expected to be operational by March, when the 10 CTS sites flagged …