The fallout from the announced closure of ten supervised injection sites in Ontario within 200 metres of schools and daycares on Tuesday was as swift as it was predictable.  

Ontario premier Doug Ford said the next day he was receiving an “endless” stream of calls from residents and business owners near one of those ten sites slated to close, in the Leslieville neighbourhood of Toronto, where my family lives, to offer profuse gratitude.  Meanwhile, harm reduction activists launched into what they do best — calling people who disagree murderers.