Question Period Note: Supervised Consumption Sites- Community Safety/ Proximity to Schools

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• Everyone deserves to feel safe and welcome in their community.
• All levels of government have a shared responsibility and need to work together so that there are safe environments for our children, while we also provide these evidence-based, life-saving services.
o Supervised consumption sites must conduct community consultation and specify how community concerns will be mitigated.
o Sites are also required to have processes in place for ongoing community engagement and to take appropriate mitigation measures to address concerns, such as foot patrols to reduce discarded drug use equipment in public spaces around sites.

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