Ottawa, Ontario, October 17, 2024 — Dr. Alexander Caudarella, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), and Alexis Goosdeel, Executive Director of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), issued the following joint statement on the occasion of the EUDA’s f…
September 24, 2024 — Municipal representatives from across Canada gathered in Timmins, Ont., earlier in September to work together on mounting an effective response to substance use health crises and harms in their communities. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Timmins Summit saw elected leade…
Thursday, August 29, 2024 — In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Timmins Summit will bring together elected leaders of small- to mid-sized municipalities, public health officials, drug policy experts, local service providers and resource industry leaders. Together they will begin developing the f…
Published: 2024
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“Mr. Chair, Vice-Chairs and Committee members, thank you for inviting the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction — or CCSA — today.
It was the late Brian Mulroney who created CCSA through an act of Parliament 35 years ago as a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization man…