Canada rejects Toronto’s drug decriminalization request
The federal government has rejected a request from Toronto to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use after an increasingly bitter public spat over the city’s ask. On Friday afternoon, Health Canada issued a statement confirming the request had been refused, something the Ontario provincial government asked the federal body to do on Thursday. Federal Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Ya’ara Saks turned down the bid roughly two years after it was first filed, citing concerns for public health and safety. Global's Lexy Benedict gets the local reaction from the mayor of the city, and what this rejection means. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10504318/toronto-decriminalize-drug-request-rejected/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #globalnews #Toronto #drugs
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The federal government has rejected a request from Toronto to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use after an increasingly bitter public spat over the city’s ask.
On Friday afternoon, Health Canada issued a statement confirming the request had been refused, something the Ontario provincial government asked the federal body to do on Thursday.
Federal Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Ya’ara Saks turned down the bid roughly two years after it was first filed, citing concerns for public health and safety.
Global's Lexy Benedict gets the local reaction from the mayor of the city, and what this rejection means.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10504318/toronto-decriminalize-drug-request-rejected/
Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc
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#globalnews #Toronto #drugs
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The federal government has rejected a request from Toronto to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use after an increasingly bitter public spat over the city’s ask.
On Friday afternoon, Health Canada issued a statement confirming the request had been refused, something the Ontario provincial government asked the federal body to do on Thursday.
Federal Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Ya’ara Saks turned down the bid roughly two years after it was first filed, citing concerns for public health and safety.
Global's Lexy Benedict gets the local reaction from the mayor of the city, and what this rejection means.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10504318/toronto-decriminalize-drug-request-rejected/
Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB
#globalnews #Toronto #drugs
Video length: 2:08
Category: News & Politics
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