I didn't say nothing. I'm saying this: In a health crisis, incrementalism costs lives. We demonstrated the urgent way we can respond and overcome barriers. We broke down barriers in all levels of government to respond to COVID-19. We need to do that here.
You know I went to Portugal this summer. I learned from the Portuguese about what an integrated, compassionate and coordinated model looks like. I also learned what a health-based emergency looks like. They rolled that out. They had 250 people on methadone. They scaled that up to 35,000. The army came in, built labs and produced it at cost. They built 96 therapeutic treatment centres to create just-in-time treatment.
When is your government going to respond to it like the health emergency that it is?
Portugal had 100,000 chronic, problematic drug users. We have 100,000 in B.C. alone, and we're half of the population. When are you and your government going to react like other countries around the world?