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House Hansard - 320

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:53:29 p.m.
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Madam Chair, we are working closely with public safety and criminal justice partners to ensure that diversion is mitigated.
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Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/29/24 9:53:38 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I think we should take that as a no. September 2023, the minister received a letter from 17 addiction medicine doctors who said, “We are regularly seeing and hearing in our practices that diverted hydromorphone is causing harm to both adults and children.” Does the minister agree with that statement?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:53:56 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I have both met and received letters from experts on their concerns, and this is why we have listened to them and taken their advice, and also listened to other experts to ensure that we create programs with jurisdictions that are safe.
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Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/29/24 9:54:13 p.m.
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Madam Chair, has the minister implemented any of the recommendations from the letter that I referenced?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:54:18 p.m.
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Madam Chair, Health Canada has worked with prescribed alternative programs to ensure that protections are in place.
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Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/29/24 9:54:26 p.m.
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Madam Chair, has the minister taken any action to mitigate government-funded drugs being diverted into the black market?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:54:33 p.m.
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Madam Chair, that is the role of law enforcement.
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Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/29/24 9:54:38 p.m.
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Madam Chair, has the minister taken any action to mitigate government-funded drugs from getting into the hands of children and teens?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:54:46 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the government funds programs. The provinces have contracts for the medications.
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Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/29/24 9:54:53 p.m.
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Madam Chair, government-funded drug policy protocols allow for prescribed fentanyl to minors without parental knowledge in B.C. Does the minister support this?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:55:04 p.m.
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Madam Chair, to be clear, no child in B.C. has been prescribed fentanyl. I will leave it there.
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Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/29/24 9:55:14 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister believe that there should be a minimum age for when youth can receive recreational fentanyl?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:55:21 p.m.
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Madam Chair, no one should be receiving recreational fentanyl.
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Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/29/24 9:55:31 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister believe that parental agreement should be required before their child is prescribed a dangerous drug like fentanyl?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:55:39 p.m.
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Madam Chair, as the member well knows, the relationship between a physician and their patient is a sacred one.
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Mr. Robert Kitchen (Souris—Moose Mountain, CPC)
  • May/29/24 9:57:07 p.m.
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Madam Chair, all my questions will be for the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. Why did the minister tell law enforcement that they are expected to do their job when the NDP-Liberals took away their ability to keep our communities safe from people using hard drugs in public?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • May/29/24 9:57:14 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the member well knows that law enforcement falls under provincial jurisdiction, which also has the purview to enforce bylaws and best practices for law enforcement to keep communities safe.
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Mr. Robert Kitchen
  • May/29/24 9:57:19 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the deputy chief of the Vancouver Police stated on April 15 that their members require “tools so that they would be able to do their jobs when there are community concerns about problematic drug use.” What resources did the minister give to law enforcement before deciding to legalize the use of hard drugs?
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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 9:57:24 p.m.
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Madam Chair, this is why we made amendments to the B.C. exemption recently, with the understanding that law enforcement would be given clear direction on how to address public use.
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Mr. Robert Kitchen
  • May/29/24 9:57:30 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the answer is none. Did the minister provide funding?
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