Ontario to call mayors’ meeting on opioids, province to fund Ottawa’s $2.5M plan
TORONTO — Ontario will soon call a meeting of mayors from both large and small communities across the province as it looks for ways to tackle a growing opioid crisis.
Premier Kathleen Wynne made the announcement Monday after meeting with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, adding that the province is prepared to fund that city’s $2.5-million opioid plan.
“There have been tragedies in Ottawa and recently a very tragic death, so we are going to work with him to make sure he has those resources to put his plan in place,” she said.
Fourteen-year-old Chloe Kotval died last month in Ottawa after taking a drug of unknown origin.