Posted: Jun 28, 2021 6:00 PM AT | Last Updated: June 28
The Smith Lodge was renovated to become a homeless shelter last summer. It will now become a shelter for those in need of addiction services.(Steve Bruce/CBC News)
There is a new shelter for men over 19 with substance addiction in Prince Edward Island.
The provincial government has relocated addiction services offered at Deacon House to Smith Lodge at 35 Weymouth St. in Charlottetown. Smith Lodge was initially used as a shelter for men and women experiencing homelessness.
Back in March, Liberal MLA Gord McNeilly blamed the provincial government for neglecting addiction services on P.E.I., pointing to Deacon House in particular.
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Liberal MLA Gordon McNeilly says Deacon House has been neglected.(Gordon McNeilly) comments
A Liberal MLA on P.E.I. says there is government neglect in addiction services in the province. I won t dwell on each one, but I ll point out one, said Gordon McNeilly in the legislature Friday. Absolute neglect of Deacon House. I recently visited Deacon House and had an opportunity to tour the shelter.
Deacon House is an emergency shelter in Charlottetown for men dealing with addiction.
The shelter is managed by Health PEI, McNeilly said.
In the legislature Friday, McNeilly asked P.E.I. Premier Dennis King to apologize for the level of neglect at the facility for men dealing with addiction.(Legislative Assembly of P.E.I.)
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