Hundreds will die if the safe injection site in Vancouver’s Downtown East closes, said a banner at the street party held along the 100-block of East Hastings tonight.

The event was trying to send a message to Stephen Harper: don’t play politics with peoples’ lives.

“It really comes down to one man who doesn’t understand the issue. It shouldn’t be about politics. It should be about public health”, said Mark Townsend, executive director of the Portland Hotel Society which runs Insite, in the Vancouver Sun.

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