It's really good to hear everybody at the table say that there's no one-size-fits-all in terms of responding to this. We know it's a complex issue that requires a comprehensive response.
I'm going to go back to the safer supply claims that have been made, because we saw B.C.'s overdose death rate go up 5%. That's not good. In Ontario it was 6.8%. Those are two provinces that have safer supply programs. But we saw in Alberta that death rates went up 23%. Saskatchewan had gone down but jumped up by 32% last year. In 30 U.S. states, according to the numbers we have, the rate doubled from 2019 to 2021. Baltimore's death rate is four times that of Vancouver. In Philadelphia the rate has doubled. In Washington and Milwaukee it is higher. They're all without safe supply.
Dr. Sereda, when you hear people point to safe supply as the cause of this crisis and as driving death rates, and then you hear about the numbers in places that have no safe supply, could you speak to how that isn't factual and how anecdotal comments are causing harm to communities? You have a minute and 20 seconds and you can add whatever you'd like to.