Minister Williams, the numbers are clear: 1,732 people died of the toxic, poisoned drug supply in 2022, and 2,050 people died in 2023 in Alberta. We had the deputy commissioner of the RCMP testify at committee, and he was unequivocally clear that police aren't seeing diversion of safer supply across B.C.'s borders. Police also disagreed about the widespread diversion, beyond a few high-profile cases. In fact, the coroners in both British Columbia and Alberta cited that only 3% of people who died in B.C. had any traces of hydromorphone and died from fentanyl, and 2% in Alberta.
You talked about not enough data or research when it comes to safer supply, but the peer-reviewed research is showing that it's actually working. You haven't provided any evidence of what your claims are. These are outrageous claims. Can you show me or produce evidence to this committee that diverted safer supply from British Columbia is flooding Alberta?