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House Hansard - 132

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 22, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 132 - Nov/22/22
Mr. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NDP)
  • Nov/22/22 5:48:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Madam Speaker, one thing we could all agree on in this place is that the tragedy of the opioid overdose crisis is something that is of concern to everybody. I would point out, though, that opioid overdose deaths did not begin in 2015. I represent Vancouver Kingsway, and in the Lower Mainland thousands of people died of the opioid overdose crisis before that. I would posit that one of the reasons, if we talked to the families of people who died, is that most of these people were getting their drugs from organized crime, which does not care at all about the drugs being sold. They are buying tainted, dangerous drugs on the street from organized crime, and this is the cause of their immediate death. I am just wondering. What would my hon. colleague say to that? Does she think that we could interdict our way out of that?
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Context: House Hansard - 132 - Nov/22/22
Mr. Don Davies
  • Nov/22/22 5:50:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Madam Speaker, I certainly meant no disrespect. Does the hon. member believe that we can interdict our way out of this problem? What does she think about the prospect of trying a new approach, other than the failed war on drugs, to try to make sure that people can at least get the drugs they are addicted to from a pharmacy or some other place where they can be assured that the quality of the drugs they are getting will not kill them?
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Context: House Hansard - 132 - Nov/22/22
Mr. Frank Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, CPC)
  • Nov/22/22 5:52:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I am just going to relate my question to the previous comment from the NDP, where he talked about people who are gang members poisoning our people with drugs. I wonder if my hon. colleague would comment on the fact that the NDP is similarly, at the same time, lowering sentences for people who are doing this very pernicious activity and inserting this risk into the community.
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Context: House Hansard - 132 - Nov/22/22
Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay
  • Nov/22/22 5:52:36 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-20 
Madam Speaker, my friend, also having been a prosecutor before he came to this place, is well aware of the havoc that is wrought by drug dealers, drug smugglers and those who would traffic to our children and even incorporate them into gang life at a very young age, partly through getting them addicted to drugs. Yes, it is very serious that the NDP are supporting the Liberals in their soft-on-crime approach.
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