(08-13-2018, 06:44 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(08-13-2018, 01:40 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: The PCs just put an indefinite halt on approvals for new harm reduction sites. Does this affect the planned sites in the region?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.4782132
Unsurprising. The Fords aren’t about reducing harm. It’s just not their thing.
I think numbers are starting to come out of SIS's and it's mostly negative. The article I was reading was about an SIS in Toronto, and the increase in crime in that area, and the need to have law enforcement in place more often.
I'm really not sure where I personally fall on this topic.
I have just enough personal experience with this; in one case, the user died but we brought him back to life (no me personally), and the other time, he took out a co-worker who hasn't been able to return to work, her other co-worker was stabbed in the chest, but luckily the bullet/stab proof best protected him.
I guess the question is, who are we trying to protect more?
The other question is, can this money be spent better elsewhere (namely, mental health). There have been cut-backs on mental health from the mid-2000's (around the time McGuinty came in), perhaps start bringing in other services and education.
At any rate, here is the article that I was talking about:
https://www.thepostmillennial.com/toront...-in-crime/
EDIT: Well, nevermind. Just read the rest and it doesn't seem to apply to SIS's.