Madam Speaker, we have two other health emergencies: the housing crisis and the opioid crisis. The truth of the matter is we need a full continuum of services. We need safe supply. We need harm reduction sites. We need harm reduction initiatives. As well, with the mental health supports we need recovery. We need all of it. Then, at the base of that, we also need affordable housing. The federal government has refused to act on this in a comprehensive way. No one ever suggested harm reduction and decriminalizing are silver bullets; we need all of those—
In the House of Commons on October 5th, 2020. See this statement in context.