Madam Speaker, the member opposite mentioned the Portugal model in his speech, but what he did not say is that Portugal had a 170 recovery centres for 11 million people. They had universal mental health care for everyone in the country to get at the root traumas of their addiction. They had public education about the harms of drugs. They also had a tribunal for people caught with possession that could sanction or recommend people to go somewhere.
The opioid crisis has been going on since this member got elected. Why has the Liberal government done nothing to create recovery beds in Canada so people can get off drugs?