NDP says Queen’s Park is holding back money Toronto needs for opioid crisis
Posted May 19, 2017 7:16 am.
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The New Democrats are demanding the Liberal government give Toronto the funds it needs to combat the opioid crisis.
NDP health critic France Gelinas says the province is in the midst of an opioid crisis and claims Premier Kathleen Wynne is holding back money the Toronto Board of Health needs.
Drug overdoses in Toronto in 2015 claimed the lives of 258 people in Toronto.
The Toronto Board of Health requested additional funding of $375,000 for its overdose action plan in March.
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