Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Awareness Day  Up to 75% are unable to work, and one-quarter are consistently bed-bound or housebound. ME is an urgent health crisis, with research showing that 50% or more of those with long COVID go on to develop ME. People with ME are suffering and desperately want their lives back. There is currently no cure or approved treatment for it at this time.

Business of Supply  How many more people need to die before the Liberals declare a public health emergency? I will say this right now: The stigma starts right here. In responding to the toxic drug crisis, the government has spent less than 1% of what it spent in responding to COVID-19. Why?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I want to thank the member for his compassionate, consistent and relentless advocacy on what is a public health crisis. We have put over a billion dollars into addressing the overdose crisis in this country. We continue to invest through SUAP, through the emergency treatment fund in budget 2024, and also through $200 billion in bilateral agreements, of which over 30%, on average, across provinces and territories is going to mental health and substance use.

Business of Supply  Can the minister tell this House how Health Canada is working with Indigenous Services Canada and indigenous leadership across the country to take a health care-focused approach to the toxic drug crisis? Is the minister willing to intervene if Conservative premiers like Danielle Smith and Scott Moe let preventable deaths from toxic drug poisoning continue at this rate?

Business of Supply  Given the urgency and the critical need for this kind of facility, I would like to hear what the minister believes are the immediate actions the federal government could take to support these kinds of local initiatives and ensure that people in crisis have access to the care they need without overburdening the emergency rooms.

Finance committee  Even if we thought that it could work in practice, which I seriously doubt, we're in the middle of an affordability crisis. Now is certainly not the time to be the knight in shining armour and tell China and India to spew more carbon into the air.

Health committee  We were able to work through jurisdictions and respond rapidly. What is the difference you're seeing in terms of this crisis? Is it just the stigma that is the barrier? We're seeing that, I believe, from the federal government in the inaction and the incremental approach.

Health committee  We know from data that everybody in our communities across this country has been affected by this crisis in many ways. It is something on which I think we need to have a coordinated approach across the country. There is absolutely room for people doing different things in different communities to support their communities, but I would like to see a coordinated cross-governmental approach that supports people in communities across this country, because all of us are being affected.

Health committee  I have very limited time. Do you think having more drugs on the street will solve an addiction crisis?

Health committee  I don't think we're having more drugs on the street. What we're seeing is the toxicity of the drugs on the street. That has been driving this crisis.

Health committee  Morissette, when we talk to workers on the ground, they say that the best way to limit the scale of the crisis is to reach out to users. They say that any measure that establishes and maintains a connection with users is a step in the right direction. The workers also tell us that the services must be available when users need them.

Business of Supply  At the core of the issue is how one treats an addiction. Does one treat an addiction for the mental health crisis that it is, or does one treat it as a criminal offence and treat it how Conservatives want to treat mental health and addictions, which is by telling people that all they have to do is just say no, and if they do not, that they are going to go to prison?

Finance committee  No, I think the Prime Minister is correct. The larger point is that you can't fix a housing crisis that's basically a supply side problem. There are structural problems in the sector, and throwing money at it will only create more inflation, as with fiscal spending in general. I think he's right.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You have the worst food insecurity in history, you have housing, you have a mental health crisis, you have suicide rates and you have all of these things, and I don't justify people's hateful behaviour, but there's always a reason somebody is doing what they are doing. On a bigger scale than when we look at raising our children and telling them, “You can't say that to somebody's face, so don't say it online,” and when we're making these recommendations, I think it is great to go back to the criminal piece of it.

Health committee  Also, can you talk about gaps and opportunities in the medical education landscape in Canada, and how addressing these may help build a workforce of physicians who can respond to this crisis with quality addiction care? You have about two minutes. I'll give you the rest of my time in this round.