Sure. I actually had a good meeting with the Senate yesterday. Most members, Liberal and Conservative, thought the bill was a good idea, so I find it odd that in the House of Commons the opposition is not willing to support a bill that is in line with the framework we have created to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court in relation to injection sites.
At the end of the day, when people ask why you would not support Justin Trudeau's idea of opening injection houses across the country without having to consult with people, I say, “What is this?” It is an exception under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to allow illegal heroin that's brought in off the street to be injected in a location. Let's remember what that means. That means the police need to think about what kind of criminality might occur around that site. We need to have municipalities prepared to deal with any issues that might happen around a site like that. We need parents to know about it. We need the neighbourhood to support it. We need the province and the public health authorities to be ready to deal with it and to actually put resources around supporting those who are addicted. Prevention—we want them to have treatment available and safe options available other than using heroin. There are so many things that go into that, and that's the framework we have put in place.
The most important thing is public consultations. I don't understand why the other parties are opposed to publicly consulting with neighbourhoods, police, public health authorities, provinces, around the location of an injection site.