Wab Kinew gulped hard after he read our three exclusive reports (here, here and here) in the Winnipeg Sun about planning documents filed with Health Canada for his promised safe consumption site, and on Monday he backed down.
“I have realized that I want this thing to be done right, I don’t want it to be done quickly.”
Well then… what should be done about the Free Press pundit who demanded it be done quickly regardless of whether it was done right?
Episode 12 Part 1 – A brief update for concerned listeners on a recent health issue that for now, won’t be affecting our ongoing reporting in the Sun and on the podcast
7.00 Part 2- On December 17th, Winnipeg Free Press Dan Lett columnist complained:
“At a consultation this week, (Addictions Minister Bernadette) Smith was once again bombarded with allegations that her plan for a supervised consumption site is not fully fleshed out… Allegations that “your plan is not a real plan” is a convenient line of attack.”
Ninety days later, on March 16th, Canadian Press reported:
“The Manitoba government is walking back comments that a supervised drug consumption site could open soon, with Premier Wab Kinew saying the province is taking some time to get things right… It could take months for a network of services to be set up, he said…”
So… the critics of the SCS plan who live in Winnipeg were right, and “harm reduction” champion Dan Lett who lives in Ontario was wrong. How inconvenient.
Hear why Dan Lett now owes those people an apology.
Listen to a review of Lett’s December column and how completely unhinged his comments now appear to be, after Kinew has echoed neighborhood stakeholder concerns about how the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre intended to run the drug user facility without proper oversight by Bernadette Smith.
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Here is our latest column with an analysis of Kinew’s comments about why he’s stalling on opening the SCS:
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A former Winnipeg School trustee posted:
“Is Marty the only media person who has been able to shape this provincial government this much JUST by exposing the truth?”
Among the list of successes:
1. Plan20-50 abandoned
2. Homeless encampments finally being removed
3. Safe consumption site drydocked
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