A resident-led Town Hall questioned police on their safety plan if a drug consumption site is placed across from a Point Douglas high school. Episode 18 has exclusive details on what went on Tuesday night behind the scenes and at the microphone that you don’t want to miss.
Part 1- Marty Gold recaps his most recent reports in the Winnipeg Sun:
Wednesday: Nurses are in constant danger in hospitals province-wide– Tick tock, the clock’s run out on Asagwara
Thursday: Residents believe crime will escalate if drug site opened– Point Douglas pushback: Community rejects proposed drug site location
10.15 Part 2- Over 40 political and police officials and staff paid by the taxpayer turned up at the Ashdown Market on Tuesday, as the residents east of Main St. called Bernadette Smith’s bluff. It was an extraordinary development that has thrown the NDP government completely off-balance.
In January, the Addictions Minister squelched questions from area stakeholders about how neighborhood safety would be protected as she relentlessly praised the consumption site proposed for their neighborhood.
You’ll hear how at the end of that meeting, Marty raised his voice to ask when or even if another public consultation would be held- and was ignored by Smith and staff of the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre who will operate the safe injection site. That was a big tell.
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After no further meetings were conducted by the NDP, the people who have to live with the social disorder and violence caused by drug users scheduled their own session, and limited Smith and other speakers to 5 minutes.
With Smith unable to censor participants, she waited until the morning of the event to agree to appear. No wonder. She faced a barrage of criticism, much of it focused on the NDP’s inability to get existing drug users into treatment promptly.
And when police were asked about safety concerns, new chief Gene Bowers failed to deliver a single idea of exactly how he will stop an influx of drug addicts – estimated by site supporters as coming to 200 Disraeli from a 30 block radius – from committing even more crime or endangering students and staff at Argyle High School.
A mother told Smith, “I have a daughter who attends there. It’s not good for the kids already day to day. It’s survival… they already have shots against them, and you want to inflict the trauma of a safe consumption site into a community that’s already traumatized. What are you doing?”
21.30- A review of some media reports about the town hall helps illustrate the misinformation spread by MSM reporters as well as revealing details they didn’t grasp the significance of .
Hear what MSM did not report:
– a city councillor walked out of the meeting
– a split in the indigenous community about enabling drug use is fueling an ‘old school’ vs ‘new school’ dispute
– reporting “city police wanted to send a message to residents they’re working on a plan” exposed how they made no progress in 2 months
– Smith’s language pivoting to a “made-in-Manitoba” operating plan is deceptive
34.00- Which extreme-left activist organization tried to promote ‘safe supply’ so the government would give illegal drugs to addicts to use at the site? We tell you.
Health Minister Ozuma Asagwara and the board of the AHWC can no longer avoid facing the property owners, residents and parents to define their liability if and when a safe consumption site opens.
42.50 Part 3 – In the last episode, TGCTS discovered how lax federal voting rules were when it came to requiring actual proof a person was a citizen of Canada.
Listen to the response provided by Elections Canada and how laughable their so-called “preventive measures” are.
The bottom line- it’s easy for a foreign national to get a ballot in this federal election.
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Easter Sunday in the Winnipeg Sun- a special remembrance of Con Lynch, a North Kildonan teacher who was an immigrant success story
