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Mental Health and Addictions Madam Speaker, it is because we are listening to the experts, listening to the public and listening the needs of the people in the street who use drugs that we are proposing harm reduction, prevention, enforcement and supervised consumption. That is what the experts are telling
May 10th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Mental Health and Addictions Madam Speaker, harm reduction is health care. Harm reduction is the door to the system. Safe consumption sites have responded to more than 53,000 overdoses since 2017. Our government has invested $200 billion to support provinces and territories, delivering services needed in a
May 10th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Mental Health and Addictions Madam Speaker, from day one, what we have been proposing to members of the public is to support them with treatment, harm reduction and enforcement. We are there to help and support them. Each journey is different. Each individual needs all the support they deserve. No one choose
May 10th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Mental Health and Addictions Madam Speaker, we have engaged with experts with a range of views, to learn from current experiences and to inform policies, moving forward. We are working with all federally funded programs and are ramping up mitigation and enforcement measures. We expect provinces and territor
May 10th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Mental Health and Addictions Madam Speaker, too many Canadians are dying every day from an ever-changing illegal toxic drug supply. The opposition leader talks about investing in treatment, but Conservatives cut two-thirds of drug treatment funds when they were last in government. Let us talk about what sav
May 10th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 Madam Speaker, there are many good measures in the 2024 budget that resonate with the people in my riding of Sherbrooke, including the school food program, money for housing, money for the New Horizons program and money for homelessness. However, what I am hearing the most is tha
May 9th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I am sorry for the member's loss. The member for Fort McMurray—Cold Lake said that funding for Moms Stop the Harm was to create a lobby group. The funding is actually to create a grief support group. Why would someone oppose grief support? Could the member comment
May 9th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, my colleague made an observation, noting that drugs do exist. I would add a second part to that observation: Diversion will always exist as well, for all substances, whether they are used for pain, anxiety or ADHD. I would like to know whether the member thinks it
May 9th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I was at the Standing Committee on Health this morning, and I was very disappointed to hear my colleague from Cumberland—Colchester adjourn the meeting rather than debate women's reproductive rights. His leader intends to attack Canadians' right to access the healt
May 9th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Mélanie Noël Mr. Speaker, Mélanie Noël, a writer from Sherbrooke, was recently named the Eastern Townships artist of the year by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. Following a distinguished career as a journalist, during which she won the prestigious Prix Judith-Jasmin, Mélanie is
May 8th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Mental Health Week Mr. Speaker, this week is Mental Health Week, a reminder that taking care of our mental health is just as important as taking care of our physical health. This year's theme, “A call to be kind because compassion connects us all”, is an opportunity to have those important convers
May 7th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, with regard to part (a) of the question, members of the national advisory council on early learning and child care are subject to the ESDC policy on establishment and management of advisory bodies, which upholds the principles and values found in the Conflict of Inte
May 6th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Sashbear Foundation Mr. Speaker, May is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month. Borderline personality disorder, or BPD, is a serious and complex mental illness stemming mainly from a chronic dysregulation of emotions. People who suffer from BPD, close to 2% of the population, have enormo
May 2nd, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Louise Bourgault Mr. Speaker, the words that best describe Louise Bourgault are committed and dynamic. Louise has been at the helm of Sherbrooke's chamber of commerce and industry for 18 years, and anyone who crossed paths with her at a professional event could tell that she never felt obliged t
April 30th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal
Jean-Pierre Ferland Mr. Speaker, Quebec lost one of its leading singer-songwriters on Saturday. Jean-Pierre Ferland passed away at 89 after a career spanning over 65 years, during which he wrote over 450 songs and released some 30 albums. From his early days with Les Bozos to the Plains of Abraham,
April 29th, 2024House debate
Élisabeth BrièreLiberal