Mr. Chair, again, we can use money. Money is not the solution to everything; political will is. When we have $230 million put toward treatment and only $50 million of that has been taken up by provinces, then we have a problem here. Why would we put more money in when only $50 million is taken up by the provinces? We need to find a way to get the provinces to agree to do something about their own people who are dying. That is the issue here. It is not about how much money is being thrown at it and how much more we need. When that money is picked up, then we can start looking at spending more money if it is necessary, but it has to be spent.
In the House of Commons on December 10th, 2018. See this statement in context.