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House Hansard - 320

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/29/24 10:16:34 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I will be sharing my time with two other colleagues. My questions are for the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. After the spectacular failure of hard drug legalization in British Columbia, will the minister finally admit that this pilot project was sadly a fatal mistake?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:17:04 p.m.
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Madam Chair, no matter what terms the minister uses, was this a pilot experiment that sadly turned fatal? Will she admit her mistake?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:17:24 p.m.
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Madam Chair, can the minister tell us how many people have died since the possession of small quantities of hard drugs was legalized?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:17:44 p.m.
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Madam Chair, is the minister aware of the City of Montreal's plans to urge the federal government to legalize simple possession of hard drugs?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:18:03 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister plan to say yes to the request made by Montreal's city council in 2021?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:18:22 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I have here the resolution adopted by Montreal's city council in which it makes this request. Is the minister aware that, in 2023, the mayor of Montreal personally reiterated her support for the legalization of hard drugs?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:18:48 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister intend to grant the City of Montreal's request and bring the same misery to Quebec that her Prime Minister created in British Columbia, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:19:09 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister intend to say yes or no to a possible future request from the City of Montreal or the Province of Quebec? Does she intend to not authorize this type of pilot project in Quebec?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:19:44 p.m.
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Madam Chair, is the minister aware of the criminal trafficking of the legal drugs provided free of charge to hard drug users?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:20:04 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I will repeat my question. Is the minister aware of the criminal trafficking of the legal drugs provided free of charge to hard drug users?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:20:26 p.m.
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Madam Chair, can the minister tell us where the money hard drug users are using to buy drugs is coming from?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:20:44 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister know about “crack alley” in Montreal?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:21:00 p.m.
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Madam Chair, has the minister, who calls herself the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, ever been to Montreal to see first-hand the scope of the disaster caused by the use of hard drugs?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:21:19 p.m.
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Madam Chair, how is it then that the minister is unable to say no to the possible decriminalization of hard drugs in Montreal when, according to TVA Nouvelles, “around the [Cactus supervised injection site], psychosis, crack and crystal meth use, and the constant presence of drug dealers have become the norm”? Does the minister continue to claim—
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