Thank you.
As you may know, the New Democratic Party has had an official policy of favouring decriminalization of drugs for some time. In July, both I and NDP deputy health critic Jenny Kwan sent a letter to the federal health minister requesting the implementation of a Canada-wide exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to decriminalize personal possession of illicit substances as an urgent interim health measure. I think you made reference to the fact that the Vancouver city council recently sent a similar request for an exemption for the city of Vancouver.
How urgent is it, in your view—