Two Ottawa politicians are calling on Ontario’s medical regulator to investigate a private addictions treatment clinic that they say has sown "chaos" in the city's Chinatown neighbourhood.

In a joint letter to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), Ottawa Centre MPP Catherine McKenney and Somerset ward Coun. Ariel Troster describe months of escalating concerns over New Dawn Medical Clinic.

"It’s been a real nightmare since this clinic opened," Troster said.

Troster said community members have witnessed "a whole criminal ecosystem" crop up around the Somerset Street W. site. She said she and McKenney have tried repeatedly to work with the clinic, but they now believe it's time for regulatory intervention.

Their letter alleges doctors are absent, prescriptions are bein

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