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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

Marianne Meed Ward, Chair of Ontario's Big City Mayors (OBCM) and Mayor of Burlington, Ont., speaks at a press conference at the 2025 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference in Ottawa, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

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