A grieving mother's letter to Doug Ford
Rosie DiManno
The Star
May 11th, 2018
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Rosie DiManno
The Star
May 11th, 2018
Sandi Tantardini admires and respects Doug Ford.
That was made clear in the letter she wrote to the Progressive Conservative leader and handed to Christine Elliott to personally deliver.
"More than anything else in the world, I want to vote for you. But I am afraid."
Tantardini lost her 28-year-old son Scott to an overdose of fentanyl. That was 20 months ago.
Since then, sad but wiser, Tantardini has advocated for safe injection sites. She co-founded a support group called NAMES - Niagara Area Moms Ending Stigma. "Unfortunately, we have 130 members with more being added all the time. I hate adding people. Because I understand all too well what that means."
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