Thank you, Dr. Goulão, for being here. It was great to meet you in Portugal. We can't thank you enough for taking the time to always help and share policies that have worked for you in Portugal.
When I was in Portugal, I learned about your response at the peak of your drug-related deaths. Your country went from 250 people on methadone to 35,000. You engaged the military to build labs for affordability and speed. You scaled up year-long treatment facilities across the country. You took a multi-faceted approach to this complex issue, and your numbers have gone from 100,000 chronic substance users to 23,000 today.
Do you see Canada responding in the way Portugal did to this health emergency? What would be the recommendations you'd make to Canada?