Seven of Toronto’s mayoralty candidates clashed over how to deal with homeless encampments, during a debate hosted by CP24 on June 15. And one of the fiercest clashes came between Olivia Chow and Anthony Furey.
Furey, a journalist, vowed he would put families first in his drive to get rid of the encampments.
“I am going to phase out those drug injection sites that are causing so much of this disorder, lawlessness in our streets,” said Furey. “There are people involved in the drug crisis, who are going up and saying abusive things to 4-year-old children, littering needles in front of the school … And I’m the leader who’s going to say we’re going to phase out those drugs sites and replace them with treatment centres. A compassionate society doesn’t keep people on drugs.”…