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Ontario's big-city mayors to endorse mandatory addiction care, ramping up pressure on Ford government

QP Briefing has learned that Ontario’s Big City Mayors will publicly endorse mandatory treatment at their next meeting, scheduled to run from Aug. 16-19 in Ottawa.

Published Aug 6, 2026 at 4:25pm

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Barbara Patrocinio
Ontario's big-city mayors to endorse mandatory addiction care, ramping up pressure on Ford government

Ont-Homelessness 20260113 Outreach workers distribute cold weather supplies to encampment residents as temperatures plummet in Toronto on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

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