Residents in Winnipeg’s Point Douglas area say the city quietly approved permits for a facility combining supervised drug consumption and sobering units just one day before legislative hearings on Manitoba’s new addictions legislation — a move they call a breach of public trust and transparency.

The Point Douglas Residents Committee (PDRC) says the City of Winnipeg issued two building permits on Oct. 15 for 190 Disraeli Freeway — one authorizing 20 supervised consumption rooms and another for 20 sobering units. The approvals came a day before the provincial Standing Committee began hearings on Bill 48,

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PDRC chair Amy Robinson said the timing and lack of consultation raise serious questions about the city’s process.

“The city committee should not have approved this wi

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