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Premier Doug Ford, health minister defend supervised consumption site closures

Published Mar 26, 2026 at 2:47pm

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Premier Doug Ford, health minister defend supervised consumption site closures

A sharps collector containing used needles sits on a wall in the consumption room at the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre in Toronto on Friday, March 21, 2025 (Chris Young/The Canadian Press).

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his health minister are defending the decision to shutter more supervised drug consumption sites.

Two weeks ago, the province notified seven supervised consumption sites that it would be pulling their funding, with sites set to close by mid-June.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province will not reconsider the closures.

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