The province of Ontario has legislated that Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) cannot be within 200 meters of a school or childcare centre. As of March 31, 2025, 10 CTS sites will close – including the site at 150 Duke St. W. in Kitchener.
Research has demonstrated that CTS sites play an essential role in harm reduction, supporting health equity and health. These sites have saved lives by reducing fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses while reducing the costs of paramedic and hospital services. They have created safer communities by reducing drug use in public spaces, provided options for proper needle disposal, reduced the spread of infectious diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C, and provided connections to mental health supports, addictions services, healthcare services, social services and other crucial community supports.
Our legal clinic is joining other community service agencies in filing a legal challenge against the Ontario government’s decision as this legislation violates both the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Constitution, including the right to life, liberty and security of the person.
We invite you to join us for the hearing on March 24 and March 25, 2025.
We will provide the link for this as soon as possible.
Service User Affidavits
News Articles
January 2, 2025 – Kitchener, Guelph CTS sites among 9 officially being transitioned into HART hubs
December 10, 2024 – Ontario’s supervised consumption site law violates Charter, group says in legal challenge
December 4, 2024 – ‘A tragic failure’: Waterloo Region prepares to lose its CTS site
November 15, 2024 – Harm reduction advocates rally for CTS site support in Kitchener
Photo property of CityNews Kitchener | Students rally at Carl Zehr Square in Kitchener on Nov. 15, 2024. (Justine Fraser/CityNews Kitchener)
