Thank you very much, Chair.
The South Riverdale supervised injection site has been operating since 2017. It is located in Leslieville, a neighbourhood in Toronto. The site was in the media this summer when Karolina Huebner-Makurat died after being hit by a stray bullet outside the location.
We have now learned that the Ford government has taken over the Leslieville drug site and that the Ministry of Health has installed a supervisor and begun a comprehensive review of the community health clinic. We also know that this Liberal government, with the support of the NDP, is funding this site.
According to South Riverdale's most recent financial report, the federal government, through Health Canada provided nearly $2 million in federal funding to this location. This must be addressed by this committee urgently. I will table the following motion:
That the committee undertake four meetings on the South Riverdale supervised injection site and safe injection programs and facilities across Canada and review the federal government's involvement in this program and the funding that has been allotted; and that the committee hear from the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, the Minister of Health, Department of Health officials and any other witnesses deemed relevant to the study.