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House Hansard - 88

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 14, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • Jun/14/22 10:15:37 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition on behalf of several dozen residents of my communities of New Westminster—Burnaby. Given the extent of the opioid crisis that we have seen and the fact that we have a death occurring in Canada about every two hours, on average, and that we have had a death toll of over 15,000 in the past four years alone, these constituents are calling upon the Government of Canada to declare the overdose crisis a national public health emergency and take important steps to end overdose deaths, to collaborate with provinces and territories to develop that comprehensive pan-Canadian overdose action plan that is so important, including looking at reforms such as legal regulation of drugs to ensure safe supply and decriminalization for personal use, and to ensure that this emergency is taken seriously, with adequately funded programming and supports. These constituents ask the Government of Canada to act on the opioid crisis.
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Jun/14/22 1:18:55 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, it is very amusing to listen to the major parties criticize one another. However, to change things up I would like to ask a substantive question. Can my colleague talk about his vision for drug and opioid use? In the case of the possession of small quantities of drugs, would it be possible to take an approach that focuses more on public health than criminalization? Does he not believe that, in many cases, repealing minimum mandatory penalties could be a good thing?
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Frank Caputo
  • Jun/14/22 3:19:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, we are experiencing an opioid epidemic, and at times I have seen the impacts of that first-hand. There should be serious consequences, particularly when it comes to the trafficking of certain opiates, like fentanyl. I believe we should be denouncing and deterring such behaviour with substantial jail sentences, and in my view a minimum sentence for trafficking in things like fentanyl would be appropriate.
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)
  • Jun/14/22 3:20:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, in our region we have seen an unprecedented level of civil problems because of the opioid epidemic in downtown areas, particularly in communities like Timmins, North Bay and Sudbury, where people are afraid to go downtown. When we have community meetings, the police have been really clear in saying that they cannot police their way out of what has become a massive medical crisis. People's lives are falling through the cracks here. Would my hon. colleague agree with me that we need to take a medical treatment approach to the people who are on the streets and find a way to start to address this crisis that is not only killing people by the thousands but is making our streets increasingly unsafe?
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