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Podcast: The Great Canadian Talk Show
Episode: Nov 2 2023- Will A Downtown Drug Injection Site Be “Safe”?
Description: Episode 21 reviews a heated online debate about the mandate Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew gave his new Health minister to establish a supervised drug consumption site in downtown Winnipeg. This, after criminal behavior and social disorder has helped drill attendance of the NHL Jets to record lows.
Citing the NDP policy directive, a former city councilor tweeted:
"In case you were lacking in reasons to NOT go to downtown
Winnipeg—here is another one."
A local sportswriter portrayed that point of view as uncaring, and claimed that critics of the proposal to enable addicts "ha...