Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre didn't hold back during a joint news conference with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on Thursday, promising to ensure proposed drug-injection sites open in the city — even over federal objections.
The mayor, who met Trudeau to discuss issues including safe injection sites, has previously said he would give the federal government until the end of the summer to approve four locations in Montreal.
Coderre made it clear he will move ahead regardless.
"I will do it anyway," Coderre said.
Pressed for specifics on timing, the mayor said to stay tuned.
