Ontario’s bill on supervised drug-use sites may breach Charter rights, legal experts say

Legal experts and harm-reduction advocates are raising questions about the constitutionality of Ontario’s plan to shutter almost half of the supervised drug-use sites in the province, saying the government’s decision to prohibit new locations breaches Charter rights.The Ontario government tabled a bill earlier this week that would ban the sites, which in Ontario are called consumption and treatment services, within 200 metres of schools and child-care centres, 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.