Concerns are sparking after the Manitoba provincial government announced the proposed location for its supervised consumption site (SCS).
While some advocates have heralded the move as one that will save lives, others say they aren’t feeling heard.
Amy Robinson, the housing chair on the Point Douglas Residents Committee (PDRC) said, “From our perspective, we were just really disappointed that residents didn’t get to be a part of the consultation process.”
Robinson said the committee was alerted about the potential for the SCS to be set up in Point Douglas, and given an invitation to meet privately with the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre.
“Our position was, and still is, that we didn’t want to have a closed-door meeting. We felt that could be misconstrued by the community as potentially a backdoor deal, something like that. So we were advocating to have the community part of the consultation process with us. So the meeting ended up not happening,” she said.
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