The Prime Minister pledged to work with experts, front-line responders, community organizations and municipalities on the issue
,"even if we have, unfortunately, a few governments that for ideological reasons are putting people’s lives at risk.”
The federal government has already granted exemptions for three sites to stay open temporarily, two in Toronto and one in Ottawa. A spokesman for Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor told The Globe and Mail that Ottawa is working with the sites to help them secure private funding.Mr. Trudeau did not specify which other conservative politicians he was referring to, but Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has previously criticized harm reduction, saying it doesn’t break the addition cycle.
Earlier this month, Ontario announced it had approved 15 sites provincewide under its new consumption and treatment services model. In addition to the three sites that lost funding, the province indicated it may also stop supporting another site in Toronto, the busiest in the province. Premier Doug Ford has defended the decision by suggesting some sites are closing because they are too close together. In response to Mr. Trudeau’s comments, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott’s office said, “We are confident the model we have brought forward is the right approach to connect people struggling with addiction with the care they need and deserve," adding the province will continue to accept applications for other sites on an ongoing basis.
“We are strongly calling on the provincial government to reverse the misguided decision that they made. But if they do not reverse it, we hope that the federal government will figure out a way to support these sites,” she said.
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