Madam Chair, I thank my hon. colleague for her work on this file. It is a bit rich. For the entire term of the Harper government, the Conservatives did everything they could to suppress and drive down investments and harm reduction in treatment centres. In fact, they made it almost impossible to open safe consumption sites across Canada.
In budget 2017, we invested $100 million over five years to enhance efforts related to harm reduction and to strengthen the evidence base. In budget 2018, $231.4 million were additionally added to establish the emergency treatment fund, develop a national public education campaign, enhance the ability of front-line personnel to address, detect and intercept illegal drugs at the border and to accelerate and expand a timely national public health data and analysis system.
In our three years, we have moved this program far forward. Over 1,100 overdoses were successfully treated on site at these consumption sites. This government is making a difference. We have the right plan and we are moving forward with it. We need Conservative governments across Canada to get on board and help with harm reduction.