Rehab to where? Ontario mayors want to force people into treatment without giving them somewhere to live
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A number of Ontario cities are calling on the province to consider mandatory treatment legislation to force street-involved people into addiction and mental-health programs. In a recent interview, the mayor of Barrie argued that governments have “done everything we can” and now need another tool.
“Cities and towns have done everything we can,” Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall told CTV News, as he and other Ontario big city mayors push the province to expand its powers to mandate treatment for people experiencing severe addiction and mental health crises.
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