Keeping up with Jones

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HEALTH CHECK — Many politicians have it, but especially Deputy Premier SYLVIA JONES: that knack for evading reporters’ questions and sticking to your talking points.

So it’s not surprising that at Wednesday’s presser, the Health Minister was cagey when media attempted to pin her down on a smorgasbord of issues, including PIERRE POILIEVRE’s musings about forced drug rehab, shutting down Ontario’s globally-praised wastewater surveillance program, the scope-of-practice booster for pharmacists and more.

Still, what little Jones gave away is making waves. Here’s what was asked, but not quite answered:

On Conservative Party captain Poilievre’s talk of involuntarily drug rehab for addicts: Jones pulled no punches, exposing yet another fissure in the tense relationship between the provincial and federal Tories. Jones said she’s got “concerns that involuntary treatment would not lead to the outcomes that we want” — but she isn’t ruling it out.

“When we see the opportunity and th…