Mr. John Clare (Director, Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Branch, Department of Health) at the Health Committee

I can speak to that, Mr. Chair.

To clarify the way the provision would work, it wouldn't be an exemption due to an overdose from cannabis; it would be any medical emergency for which someone dials 911. What the provision does is it exempts the person who makes the call, or who is on the scene, from any charge of possessing more than 30 grams of cannabis under the cannabis act.