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‘Remove politics’: Gondek asks Smith for ‘joint working group’ on supervised drug site

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Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says she has asked Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to form a working group to discuss the future of the supervised consumption site.

The Safeworks site has operated at the Sheldon Chumir Centre in Calgary ’s Beltline since October 2017 .

The facility provides a space for addicts to use their own supplied drugs under medical professionals’ supervision.

In October , council voted 9 -5 to not formalize its position on whether the site should be closed.

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