She was at the United Nations, and there was quite a lot of applause for it, I guess, but she said, “With one long-standing supervised injection site already operating in Canada, we have recently approved a second, and anticipate”—she did use that word—“that there will be others in future.” I think the minister has been clear that she is open to having these.
My concern is that 90 days is not a lot of time to consult with the public when you're opening up these sites. I don't know if the minister is aware, but many of these addicts are not people of means, and I believe four to eight crimes are committed for these addicts to get their hit for the day. By putting a site in a community, especially a community that has not had the opportunity to give input on whether they feel that, as I read earlier, it would increase crime levels.
In terms of getting input from the department, I think there is a concern, as in my community, that the government may be trying to anticipate putting these safe injection sites or supervised injection sites across Canada. She's taking advice from you guys; that's what she said. Will you go over the Respect for Communities Act with her, and kind of state the importance of listening to community members and the police in the community? If they are committing acts to get these hits, it would make sense to me that they would be committing crimes in the communities where the facilities are.
Would you commit to that?