Luca Schaefer is leading an effort to launch the province’s first supervised consumption site. Luca Schaefer worked at a supervised consumption site (SCS) in Peterborough, Ont. Harm reduction initiatives growing, but also targeted by the far rightSusan Smith is a local community organizer who has spent much of her life working with community harm reduction initiatives. She’s witnessed firsthand the growing adoption of harm reduction principles in St. John’s, something she hopes will extend to the SCS initiative. Giizis acknowledges a “change in the temperature of the room when it comes to harm reduction.” The Conservative Party of Canada has issued a barrage of media releases and statements attacking harm reduction funding.