For two years and four months, the Spot has been waiting to hear about provincial funding for Sudbury’s supervised consumption site. Last year, Sudbury averaged nine opioid overdose deaths a month. In less than a month, the Spot will run out of municipal funding and their doors will close forever. More people will die in Sudbury.

My question is, will the Premier finally help to save lives in northern Ontario and fund Sudbury’s supervised consumption site?

Crosses for Change is a memorial in Sudbury for people who have died by overdose. Three years ago, there was one cross. Now, there are nearly 250 of them.

Last Thursday, there was a rally in support of Sudbury’s supervised consumption site, and we marched to those crosses. People were asked to speak, but no one could find the words because they couldn’t choke past the tears. Those aren’t crosses; those are people. They’re best friends; they’re work friends; they’re neighbours; they’re sons, daughters, mothers and fathers.

Speaker, how many more people will have to die, and how many more crosses will Sudbury have to raise before the Premier funds Sudbury’s supervised consumption site?

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