Downtown Ottawa is chafing under needles and crime

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SPEAKER 1

Welcome to episode four of the Break the Needle podcast. I'm your host, Adam Zivo, here to walk you through the issues relating to drugs, addiction, and crime. Now, joining us here today is Stephanie Plante, counselor for War 12 in Ottawa. Now, Stephanie says that her constituents are telling her, and she is witnessing directly,

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that the high concentration of harm reduction initiatives in her ward are causing significant problems with respect to public disorder, and that these problems are impacting both housed and out-of-house residents of the area. Welcome. It's nice to talk to you, Stephanie. Thanks for joining us today.

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SPEAKER 2

Bonjour. Welcome to Ottawa.