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House Hansard - 198

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • May/16/23 3:00:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the theory is that if we flood the streets with hydromorphone, an opioid, then people will not use more dangerous drugs like fentanyl. The reality— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • May/16/23 3:01:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the theory is that, if the Prime Minister puts $100 million of hydromorphone on the streets, people will not use more dangerous drugs. The reality is that, in both reports from the National Post and The Globe and Mail, and the data from the ground, the addicts are taking the hydromorphone, selling it to kids, and taking the profits to buy fentanyl and dying of overdoses. The kids then get bored of hydromorphone and they take the deadly fentanyl. That is why people are dying. Will the government stop the policies that are killing people and put our people in treatment instead?
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