Toronto supervised drug-use site operator files legal challenge against Ontario over site closures

A community group that operates a supervised drug-use site has launched a legal challenge to Ontario’s new law that will close nearly half of the province’s locations and prevent new ones from opening, arguing the move breaches Charter and constitutional rights and will cost lives.The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, which operates a supervised drug-use site funded solely by donations in Toronto’s Kensington market, filed a legal action Tuesday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against the province for its recently passed Community Care and Recovery Act.The law will force the closing of 10 sites located within 200 metres of daycares or schools, with the government citing community safety issues and concerns from parents. The change means that 10 of the province’s 23 sites will have to close by the end of March and are not allowed to relocate.