Mayor Clugston weighs in on MLA Barnes’ supervised consumption site letter
MEDICINE HAT, AB – Last week, Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes wrote a letter to Health Minister Tyler Shandro, asking for the development of the proposed supervised consumption site on South Railway Street to be suspended.
Today, Mayor Ted Clugston said he’s happy to see Barnes handling this matter, as he had issues speaking with the previous NDP government in regards to the facility.
“I couldn’t get my previous MLA or any of the candidates that were running for the NDP government to even admit that it was a provincial issue,” explained Clugston. “I even have one candidate tell me it was a federal issue, which is completely false. I was really disappointed in the lack of understanding for what was going on, but it’s nice to see now an MLA who is owning a provincial issue, no different than me owning a municipal issue.”