Poilievre calls supervised consumption sites "drug dens," vows to close and defund some

On Friday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre referred to supervised consumption sites as “drug dens” and vowed to shut down some of these sites if elected prime minister — a proposal British Columbia’s premier called “a real mistake.”

Poilievre also said a Conservative government would pull federal funding for such operations.

“We will close safe injection sites next to schools, playgrounds, anywhere else they endanger the public,” Poilievre told reporters at a news conference in southwest Montreal.

“We will defund them. There will not be a single taxpayer dollar from the Poilievre government going to drug dens. Every single penny will go to treatment and recovery service, to bring our loved ones home drug-free,” Poilievre said.

Global's Richard Zussman reports.

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