Derek Finkle

Investigative journalist immersed in various legal issues, including injection sites. Epic family law saga, The Rift & the Grift, now out in serial format.

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@user14201 It appears someone else beat me to answering this question.

[Thomas Anderson @OnTeamReason]

@user14201 Nobody is suggesting we let people die.
Of course not!
The call out here is we need to help stop this- because the use/ overdose/revive is so very damaging to the body and the mind.

No one is suggesting we let people die. We need to intervene and get them into treatment.

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

If Mark Carney wants to eradicate homelessness, his government must address the fact that about 30% of homeless people have acquired brain injuries so severe that they require intensive housing akin to a secure dementia unit for the rest of their lives.

https://t.co/APqRHjWNtB

[Lynne Brooks 🇨🇦 @LynneBr37562004]

@DerekFinkle spoke at a press conference recently conducted by @integrity_to and @danieltateTO.
Homelessness and drug addiction will cause brain damage so severe many will need institutionalized care, much like the care given to alzheimers patients.
Clip from @CarymaRules .

[Robyn Urback @RobynUrback]

Yes, I've also heard that Brad Bradford will sell off sunlight to corporate investors. We cannot let that happen

[Caryma Sa'd - Lawyer + Political Satirist @CarymaRules]

Last month, I watched “Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney” at TIFF. It was a psychedelic and surprisingly funny experience, made all the more surreal by the headspace of a first-time political candidate.

To later have a conversation with Ben Mulroney about my own campaign brought things full circle.

I feel good and fortunate in a world that doesn’t always make it easy.

Don’t forget to vote on October 26.

#TorontoDanforth #VoteSad

https://t.co/GTqJyaJzyH

[Caryma Sa'd - Lawyer + Political Satirist @CarymaRules]

WATCH:

Toronto Centre Ward 13 candidate Daniel Tate holds a press conference at Barbara Hall Park to address public safety, security, and the park’s deteriorating conditions.

Speakers include Fabian Roberts, a concerned resident; Derek Finkle, a writer and journalist; and Dr. Vera Tarman, an addiction physician.

In the background, some of the concerns raised at the podium unfold in real time.

📸 Oct 20, 2026

#Toronto #ProtestMania

[Adam Zivo @AdamZivo]

I predict that no such letters will materialize, because these organizations seem to think that criticizing the judiciary is only bad when conservatives do it.

@CarsonJerema @sarkonakj

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@__kamkammm If you ever meet someone who worked at an injection site, ask them how they’d feel about a constant police presence around the perimeter of such a site. At our site, staff tried to stop a plainclothes officer from arresting a drug dealer not long after it opened in 2017.

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@__kamkammm You're wrong. It's not that they don't care. About six years ago, the TPS adopted a de facto decriminalization policy with drug enforcement. No arrests for small-quantity possession & dealing. That policy came from the top, including the police board – which is the city.

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@Ogallalaknowhow @TomPark1n Lol. You can’t figure out who was quoted? Your theory assumes users go to sites for supervision. Court records last year showed only a small percentage of drug users want supervision. Most go to such sites to get supplies to be “used offsite.” That would be your park.

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@Ogallalaknowhow @TomPark1n Oh yeah? Well, if we are going by a CBC report from Leslieville after that site shut down, open drug use virtually vanished. “It was like someone flipped a switch.”

https://t.co/Bbt3Tt2d1r

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@jizzzzwiz @nationalpost https://t.co/5AMV4YSp0F

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@CJLaBretonne @nationalpost It doesn’t say “in Toronto.” The policy in question led to the creation of an injection site that my family lived across the street from for 7+ years. Crime was rampant there.

https://t.co/gMw5a9LZaI

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@HarbingerofDea3 @nationalpost https://t.co/5AMV4YRRb7

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@CJLaBretonne @nationalpost It doesn’t say “in Toronto.” The policy in question led to the creation of an injection site that my family lived across the street from for 7+ years. Crime was rampant there.

https://t.co/gMw5a9LZaI

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@OGGY_North Actually, I didn’t write the headline, and, if you read the article, the crime & disorder constituents are complaining about throughout pertain specifically to injection sites & harm reduction initiatives, not all crime throughout the city.

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@burn_hell604 @nationalpost https://t.co/5AMV4YSp0F

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@CJLaBretonne @nationalpost It doesn’t say “in Toronto.” The policy in question led to the creation of an injection site that my family lived across the street from for 7+ years. Crime was rampant there.

https://t.co/gMw5a9LZaI

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@CJLaBretonne @nationalpost It doesn’t say “in Toronto.” The policy in question led to the creation of an injection site that my family lived across the street from for 7+ years. Crime was rampant there.

https://t.co/gMw5a9LZaI

[Derek Finkle @DerekFinkle]

@BMelchitt @nationalpost Dr. Alison Ritter is not a HE. You definitely didn’t read the article. I suggest you listen to the podcast linked to in the article, which you probably won’t do either because your extensive knowledge trumps HERS so why bother.