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House Hansard - 85

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 9, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Jun/9/22 12:45:12 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, it certainly was not the idea of the century for the government to introduce within Bill C‑5 two completely different problems, but my colleague did not say much about the issue of diversion measures for addiction. I want to know what he thinks about the fact that we are criminalizing people with addictions. Does he really think that this is the answer to ending the opioid crisis, for example, when this same approach has been used for about 50 years? I would like his thoughts on that.
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Jun/9/22 1:12:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, my colleague mentioned Portugal. He raised the issue of the financial resources that must support such a process. João Goulão was the author of this reform in Portugal. In response to someone who asked if they should go ahead with this diversion, or decriminalization, as he called it, he replied that, if the means were not there, and if the necessary funding was not provided for frontline resources, it would be better to leave the problem to the justice system. I would like to ask my colleague if he feels the government is willing to inject the necessary funds to support a reform seeking to resolve such fundamental problems as the opioid crisis.
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Mel Arnold (North Okanagan—Shuswap, CPC)
  • Jun/9/22 11:12:05 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, the member spoke about some of the other challenges that Canadians and Canada are facing. I was just looking at one statistic. It says that there were 26,690 apparent opioid toxicity deaths in Canada between January 2016 and September 2021. There were 26,690 opioid overdose deaths in Canada from illegal drugs, yet the government is focused on spending billions possibly on buybacks, and so on. Why can the government not put more effort into combatting illegal firearms and drugs coming into Canada?
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