Lawyers for the province say Ontario’s new law on supervised consumption sites does not ban them entirely and those deemed too close to schools and daycares are free to relocate farther away. That’s contrary to numerous public comments from Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who has said no supervised consumption sites will open after the closures […]
Ontario government lawyers argued in court that the province's new law regulating supervised consumption sites does not ban them, but rather allows those near schools and daycares to relocate. This contradicts past statements from the Health Minister. The law is being challenged on the basis that it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by forcing people who use the sites to resort to unsafe drug consumption, potentially leading to overdose and criminal prosecution. The province maintains the law is needed to protect the public, particularly children, from disorder near the sites.
