The Ontario government is proposing to push through a bill that would close 10 supervised consumption sites without holding any public hearings, a move advocates and opposition critics say is anti-democratic.
The legislation seeks to prohibit and close any drug-consumption sites that are within 200 metres of a school or daycare, and effectively prohibit any new sites from opening.
In their place, the government is launching 19 new "homelessness and addiction recovery treatment hubs" plus 375 highly supportive housing units at a planned cost of $378 million.