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House Hansard - 320

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Francesco Sorbara
  • May/29/24 10:15:56 p.m.
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Madam Chair, it is just so exciting. When I drive up one of the regional roads in my riding in the city of Vaughan, Weston Road, there are three billboards put out by dentists. I took pictures of them and put them up on my communications material, pointing to dentists in my riding accepting the Canadian dental care—
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The Deputy Chair
  • May/29/24 10:16:17 p.m.
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The time is up. I am going to give the hon. minister a couple of seconds to respond.
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Hon. Mark Holland
  • May/29/24 10:16:20 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I am so excited as well, and we are going to see more and more of that across the country. We are going to make sure everybody gets the oral health care they need.
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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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Hon. Ya'ara Saks (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • May/29/24 10:16:53 p.m.
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Madam Chair, just to correct the member, decriminalization is about possession. It is not the legalization of illicit drugs.
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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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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 10:17:15 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the pilot continues, I am happy to inform the member, with the amendments requested.
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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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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 10:17:32 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the numbers for the past year were about 2,500 in the province of B.C. from the toxic drug supply.
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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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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 10:17:54 p.m.
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Madam Chair, we have received no such proposal from the City of Montreal, but we work with provincial and municipal jurisdictions.
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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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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 10:18:12 p.m.
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As I have said before, Madam Chair, we do not deal in hypotheticals. We deal in evidence, facts and actual proposals.
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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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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 10:18:35 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I am sure the mayor of Montreal has made many statements, and the city council is allowed to pass whatever resolutions it wishes, but at this time there is no proposal in front of Health Canada.
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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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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 10:19:00 p.m.
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There is no request, Madam Chair. We do not deal in hypotheticals. We deal with evidence and facts on this side of the House.
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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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Hon. Ya'ara Saks
  • May/29/24 10:19:25 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the member have a crystal ball such that he can anticipate there will be a proposal in front of the department for me to contemplate that question? I do not see one. Therefore, I—
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The Deputy Chair
  • May/29/24 10:19:38 p.m.
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I want remind other members they are not to participate unless they have the floor. The hon. member.
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