Some residents fume as Montreal’s three supervised injection sites inaugurated
Montreal’s three supervised injection sites were officially inaugurated Monday, but not everyone in one of the areas was thrilled about the new neighbour.
Daniel Marangere fumed as Mayor Denis Coderre, Quebec Public Health Minister Lucie Charlebois and federal Liberal MP Joel Lightbound headed for a photo-op at the one site operated by community organization Cactus Montreal.
Marangere and another local resident, Chantal Beauregard, told the politicians and reporters that life has been hell since Cactus Montreal opened a safe injection site on a downtown Montreal street lined by condominiums just one week ago.
“What do you think of that, injecting right in front (of the site),” Marangere said, showing a photo on his phone to Coderre.