Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. de Villa, you recently presented a report to the City of Toronto's board of health entitled “A Public Health Approach to Drug Policy”. One of the recommendations in the report is that, “The Board of Health call on the federal government to decriminalize the possession of all drugs for personal use, and scale up prevention, harm reduction and treatment services.”
Could you explain why you made that recommendation and tell the committee a little bit more about that recommendation?