The Alberta government wants Calgary city council to take the lead on closing down a drug consumption site in the city, while Calgary’s mayor says the city has been waiting for years for the province to come up with a solution.
In an Oct. 2 post on the X platform, Alberta Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Dan Williams publicized a letter on the matter that he wrote that day to Calgary’s council.
In his letter, Williams asked the Calgary mayor and council for their position on closing the downtown Sheldon M. Chumir drug consumption site and transitioning it to addiction recovery care. If city council approves such a change, Williams wrote, the province will help develop a “comprehensive addiction recovery plan” with municipal partners and relevant stakeholders….