Madam Chair, I appreciate the effort that my colleague has put into this, but I am speaking as a parent and for somebody in our community. I firmly do not believe that decriminalizing these drugs is the right direction to go in. I will be brutally honest and say that not one single constituent has said to me that is the direction in which we want to go. I would say it is the exact opposite.
I agree with the member's comment that we have to find ways to improve access to treatment, and that is the point of my intervention here tonight. I believe that should be priority number one. I do not believe we should be having this argument at this point in time on what the best step is: safe injection sites or decriminalization. I cannot believe that we are not having a discussion on how many treatment beds we can get open tomorrow.