I'm thrilled to be able to say over and over again to all of you in significant positions of power, and to the Prime Minister himself, that we absolutely need to shift our approach to crisis emergency management. In this case—and my son is a witness—there is evidence now that this involuntary care will work.
Dr. Vigo has articulated a way forward, but without more beds and without more effort to create spaces, we can't treat these people; we can't take them off the dangerous streets, and we can't save them.
Absolutely, we need the Prime Minister to move on this. We need the federal government to move now and quickly. Lives depend on it every single day. There's always someone else, and there are many who die. We need to act like every life matters.