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Opioid overdose crisis has dramatically worsened during COVID-19 pandemic, report says Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa presented a report on the worsening opioid overdose crisis to the city’s Board of Health on Monday. It includes a list of recommendations, including calling on the federal government to decriminalize drugs. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2021 6:51 PM ET | Last Updated: June 14 Toronto Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa at a media briefing in January 2021. De Villa presented a report to Toronto s Board of Health on Monday that outlined a worsening drug poisoning crisis across the city.(Evan Mitsui/CBC) ....
As Covid-19 cases climb and temperatures drop, this winter promises to only get worse for the approximately 8,700 Torontonians experiencing homelessness on any given day. Last spring, the city of Toronto quickly responded to the pandemic by expanding its number of shelters to reduce capacities and maintain physical distancing. But a spate of devastating shelter outbreaks in April left many occupants feeling unsafe and turning back to the streets. Encampments have since sprung up in public spaces throughout the city, from Trinity Bellwoods and Alexandra Park to Moss Park and Cherry Beach. Despite repeated efforts by city workers to dismantle encampments and assurances that evicted occupants will be moved to “safe inside spaces,” the tents and makeshift shelters keep coming back. Fear of the city’s shelters is far from unfounded: a study recently published in the ....
Homeless Encampment Evictions Highlight the Cruelty of Capitalism Amid COVID Advocates for the homeless and frontline health care workers stage a socially distanced protest aimed at speeding up what they say is Toronto s slow approach to managing COVID-19 in shelters, in Toronto, Canada, on April 15, 2020. Steve Russell / Toronto Star via Getty Images By In Canadaâs homeless encampments, two faces of state brutality are on display. One is the âorganized abandonmentâ that has relegated hundreds of thousands across Canada to homelessness (at twice the rate as in the United States). The other is the âorganized violenceâ that evicts homeless people from encampments erected in the shadow of the stateâs malign neglect. ....