Protecting Safe Consumption in Ontario

We are going to court on March 24 and 25, 2025!

A constitutional challenge will be heard in Ontario Superior Court in Toronto on Monday, March 24. This challenge, brought forward by The Neighbourhood Group and two individual Applicants, will determine whether a number of life-saving supervised consumption sites (also known as Consumption and Treatment Services) in the province can continue to operate past the end of March 2025.

Legal Documents:

Backgrounders

Media Releases and Statements

December 10, 2024
Media Release: The Neighbourhood Group Community Services Files Charter Challenge Against Community Care and Recovery Act

November 27, 2024
Media Statement: The Government of Ontario is Attempting to Force Through a Deadly Drug Policy Bill

November 20, 2024
Media Statement – Government of Ontario’s Bill to Close Supervised Consumption Sites will Lead to More Deaths and Untenable Strain on Hospitals and First Responders

August 20, 2024
Media Statement – Government of Ontario Plan Will Lead to More Preventable Drug Poisoning Deaths