Ontario consumption sites free to relocate, court hears, contrary to past statements

Liam Casey · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 25, 2025 3:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Lawyers for the state accidental Ontario's caller instrumentality connected supervised depletion sites does not prohibition them wholly and those deemed excessively adjacent to schools and daycares are escaped to relocate farther away.

That's contrary to galore nationalist comments from Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who has said nary supervised depletion sites volition unfastened aft the closures of 10 sites located wrong 200 metres of a schoolhouse oregon daycare.

The lawyers' comments successful tribunal travel arsenic 1 Toronto supervised depletion site, on with 2 of its users, situation the legality of the caller instrumentality that comes into unit adjacent week.

Ontario Superior Court Justice John Callaghan says provincial lawyers volition person to code the contradiction betwixt the authorities and the wellness minister's comments.

The Neighbourhood Group, which runs the Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Site successful downtown Toronto, launched a suit successful December.

The state is moving to an abstinence-based addictions attraction exemplary arsenic it invests $529 cardinal into a program that besides includes 540 highly supportive lodging units.

Nine depletion sites volition beryllium converted to homelessness and addiction betterment attraction hubs, oregon HART hubs arsenic the state calls them, to spell on with 18 caller hubs crossed Ontario.