Mr. Speaker, opioid overdoses are a growing epidemic across the country. Hundreds of people are dying. British Columbia has declared a public health emergency, yet the Minister of Health abandoned regulations requiring tamper-resistant forms of these powerful prescription drugs. She claims that they will not solve the problem because they only apply to a single narcotic.
However, the solution is obvious: make the entire class of opioids, including fentanyl, tamper-proof, as the U.S. is doing.
Why will the minister not do so and save lives?