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Premier’s Closures of Safe Consumption Sites [Part 2]

A look at the closure of Kitchener's safe consumption site with Regional Councilor Rob Deutschmann.

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About Regional Councillor Robert (Rob) Deutschmann:
- https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-government/rob-deutschmann.aspx

Notice of Motion regarding Premier’s decision to stop funding of Supervised Consumption and Treatment Sites [September 10, 2024]:
- https://pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=782dba7b-0c4b-4a1f-993d-799c952de0d6&Agenda=Merged&lang=English

View Regional Council Meeting online:
- https://pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=782dba7b-0c4b-4a1f-993d-799c952de0d6&Agenda=Merged&lang=English&Item=30&Tab=attachments

Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services: Update Regarding Consumption and Treatment Services (Updated to then Chair Elizabeth Clarke and Members of the Community Services Committee on December 11, 2018):
- https://ehq-production-canada.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/d063daf401b903bc95938d76ec31ddc6e88bb6eb/original/1624905391/85b62b9c2aac9edb2008543649447b38_Public-Health-Update-Regarding-Consumption-and-Treatment-Services-CTS.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA4KKNQAKIOR7VAOP4%2F20241014%2Fca-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20241014T222600Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=562dc6e14fc759a8cb4ffd0da20547ab811640318e0a7565dc8b25b5dd85d1f7

Region of Waterloo: Overdoes / Drug Poisoning Dashboard
- https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-government/overdose-drug-poisoning-dashboard.aspx

Valente Decision regarding the encampment at Weber and Victoria
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2023/2023onsc670/2023onsc670.html?resultId=db0e319b9a2d45968026b2edd73dd338&searchId=2024-10-18T10:20:07:564/c0d85c3498344cad9f3fd4d0f657a26d&searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAHdmFsZW50ZQAAAAAB

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