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House Hansard - 320

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 29, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Hon. Patty Hajdu
  • May/29/24 8:23:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is the other thing that Ms. Laskold wrote in her email to me. She said, “Every family I have met, their child died in a home, many in their family home or apartment where family was actually helping to care for them. The only family I know whose son was homeless actually overdosed in treatment.” I checked on this, because I was curious to see if her experience with her colleagues and peers in Moms Stop the Harm reflected the national data, and in fact it does. I did not realize this, but many or in fact the majority of overdoses happen to people in their homes. I wonder if the minister could comment on why it is so important that we do not drive substance users to the shame of using alone and how, in fact, using stigmatizing language can actually do just that.
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