This was handled poorly on the clinic's part. With all the oposition theyve gotten up to this point they should have known it wouldnt go over well if they quietely opened up in Braeside.
If its true that the clinic's clients for the most part arent street addicts and are "normal" citizens who have pain killer addictions, they should have made a public arguement based on this and tried to ease peoples concerns.
Braeside makes no sense for the reasons already listed in this thread. Why put it in a suburban neighbourhood rather deep in the city's south end without easy access by public transportation. An area like Brdigeland or Inglewood wouldnt be the answer either as they have enough problems with being close to downtown.
Why not run this program out of somewhere like the new Sheldon Shumir centre on 4th Street downtown. There must be space somewhere downtown that the zoning would allow a medical clinic and that this clinic could afford the rent.
I think often times people say "Damn Nimbys" when its not theyre neighbourhood being considered. Its easy to blame the Nimbys in Braeside if your living in Tuscany. Why not put this thing near the new Crowfoot train station in the NW?
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