Big city mayors want review of health care consent act amid ’emergency on our streets’ [Video]

Ontario’s big city mayors are again calling on the province and federal government for more tools to take on the mental health, addictions and homelessness crises gripping their communities.

The municipal leaders released a new list of positions following a meeting in Markham, Ont. on Friday, including an urgent push for the province to review and update its mental health, health care consent and trespass to property acts.

Guelph Mayor Cam Guthrie noted it’s not the first time municipal leaders have raised these issues, adding they’ve been united for years on the need to address open drug use and encampments.

“When I look at some of the priorities that are coming out of the provincial government, I’ve got to call it out,” Guthrie said after the meeting. “We need the help of the province, and we need it urgently.”

The Ontario Big City Mayors (OBCM) group includes 29 single and …