There's one last thing I'd like to say.
When Dr. Carrie asked for the evidence that this works, well, there are exhaustive literature reviews and position statements from the Canadian Medical Association, the World Health Organization, and—I would have to double-check this—Centers for Disease Control, which all agree that harm reduction is not the end of treatment but that it is an essential pillar of it, and that people will die without it. You do not increase the rate of drug use with these centres; you simply reduce the harm. That is the evidence. That is clear. I would just like to add that to this debate.
As you say, it's unique from centre to centre. Some centres don't need it. In Winnipeg, where I'm from, they may not need one. They're not sure that there is an area where large numbers of people are overdosing with intravenous drugs. If there is no need for this centre there, then there will be no incentive, and there's not going to be any push to open one. This will be done where it's needed. In Vancouver, they saw the need. In Montreal, they saw the need, and again I go back to the evidence by reputable organizations like the Canadian Medical Association, the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control that this does save lives.
Thank you.