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Community-led effort to action solutions to Waterloo Region's drug poisoning tragedy. It's a crisis, not a spectator sport. Unfunded. Volunteer. Non-partisan.
Waterloo region, Ontario
Joined October 2012
💜 Lead With Love 💜 Respect constituents, Embrace evidence, Yes to #CTS
@fordnation @SylviaJonesMPP @MichaelTibollo @AislinnClancyKC @mikeharrisjrpc @CFifeKW
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No CTS. No drug testing. No Hart Hub. https://t.co/9fYr4Y6Hpo
kitchener.citynews.ca
A community drug alert has been extended in Waterloo after three fatal overdoses in three days.
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In Waterloo region, ~ 40 homeless men in a 26 bed shelter were even more homeless (!!) when it closed May 1. There is, literally, nowhere to sleep etc. except outside. Bill 6 will jail and/or fine them for existing. That’s Ontario’s plan. Boo.
Today at noon I will join Amanda Pfeffer on CBC Ontario Today to discuss homelessness, encampments and share some learnings from the study tour I am attending in Helsinki, Finland. Tune in: Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer | Live Radio | CBC Listen ( https://t.co/OuvjGB70Ww)
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My op-ed for @TorontoStar: when it comes to encampments, @fordnation is looking south of the border when he should be looking west. Ontario is importing failed American policies to punish homelessness, while Manitoba is doing what works: housing people.
thestar.com
While Manitoba is instructing us on a "Made in Canada" approach to homelessness that works, Premier Ford is modelling dysfunctional policies championed by an irrational American president.
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Want to help us send a message to @fordnation to commit to housing, not jails, for homeless people? Join our Bill 6 phone / email zap this Thursday at noon, co-hosted by @SURJto @TorontoOPS. To join the zap, register here: https://t.co/0vIcQHXivX
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We all knew it would be a disaster. A government that bases decisions on a handful of angry neighbours never satisfied until people disappear and not on evidence is determined to fail communities in need.
cbc.ca
Two months after Somerset West Community Health Centre closed its injection site, neighbours say they've witnessed a surge in public drug use.
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This is the kind of homelessness policy @fordnation aims to import from America. Oregon's Deschutes Forest was evicted even though residents living in the forest have nowhere else to go. And if they stay? Imprisonment. Why is Ford importing Trumpian policies that make no sense?
At 3:30 AM, police closed the gate to Deschutes Forest, leaving 60-80 still inside. “They’ve told us that if we are not out, we will all go to jail. When I said, ‘Where are we supposed to go?’ They said, ‘It’s not our problem,’” - Richard Owens.
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More "War on Drugs" legislation from @fordnation. Bill 10 makes any landlord — which could include a public/supportive housing provider — potentially guilty of an offence if residents sell drugs in their units. Providers could be fined up to $1 million. https://t.co/PaXwRTX3M3
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Thank you @Diana_C_McNally for releasing this letter. SDC is proud to be a part of this coalition alongside 60+ organizations like @DrugActionWR, @WRLegalServices, @CANdrugpolicy, @cancivlib, @djnontario, @R2HNetwork, and many more. Ontarians need more housing, not punishment.
Today, I released a letter, signed by 67 organizations working across Ontario, asking @fordnation to rescind Bill 6. We can't adopt Trumpian policies to punish encampments; people need proven solutions — especially housing. Read our letter: https://t.co/QabdyOIctz
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🗳️TODAY is election day🗳️ ℹ️While we know that elections and electoral politics come with significant limitations, we still strongly encourage you to vote. Every vote counts.🗳️ #harmreduction #demandbetter #demandjustice #vote #elxn2025 #election2025 #everyvotecounts #cdnpoli
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“We are mortified. We are disgusted by a callous and uncaring provincial government who were elected to serve and protect all constituents, not undermine democracy and the rule of law at the expense, literally, of people’s lives." https://t.co/5RTuwlLReX
cambridgetoday.ca
Council votes down motion directing region to send letter to province asking to keep Kitchener site open during Ontario Superior Court injunction period
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“"As the sites have closed, people have responded to people dead outside. People have responded to people overdosing outside," she said. She apologized for tearing up. "It's extremely emotional, because we have to fight health policy in the courts…”
thetrillium.ca
Nine sites remain closed despite his injunction, and the minister of health contradicted Ontario's lawyer while he was speaking
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DAT: “It is difficult to image any rationale or any number of deaths and injuries that could substantiate defeating a simple request to send a letter." #YesToCTS R: “I most likely will be burying my friends due to this ruling..." https://t.co/uCw0SUgEvg
ctvnews.ca
Waterloo Regional councillors need more time to consider the potential repercussions of penning a letter in support of Consumption Treatment Service (CTS) sites.
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CTS sites save lives! Support the @DrugActionWR on Tuesday if you can. #onpoli #ONhealth @health_region @wrlabourcouncil
Do come out! It matters - a lot! Tuesday April 8, 3pm, Regional Council Chambers, 150 Frederick St., Kitchener. #YesToCTS in #waterlooregion #ONpoli #ONhealth
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Alternative definition of 'successful' care of Ontario's provincial government. #ONpoli #ONhealth Journalism by @jackhauen
https://t.co/EfinLK5L2g
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Court ruled that closing SCS would cause irreparable harm. Yesterday @SylviaJonesMPP and @fordnation were in the news stating they all smoothly transitioned. This is a LIE. Not one hart Hub is open. Organizations have not received funding to be up and running.
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Do come out! It matters - a lot! Tuesday April 8, 3pm, Regional Council Chambers, 150 Frederick St., Kitchener. #YesToCTS in #waterlooregion #ONpoli #ONhealth
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That’s just not true.
As of today, all nine former drug injection sites near schools and daycares have transitioned into new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs. We’re making Ontario safer and helping people fighting addiction find lasting recovery. https://t.co/XAXBxjtt4U
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@ColinDMello We are in court for this case, as an intervenor. Zero optimism that the approval authority- the Health Minister- will expedite, approve, and fund new consumption services. Previous CTS applications sat idle for years before being denied.
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we’re spending more time talking about this legislation in court than they ever spent in the legislature.
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