Mr. Speaker, the NDP-Liberal government's safe supply experiment has destroyed the very communities it claims to help. This week we heard heartbreaking testimony from Masha Krupp, an Ottawa mother who lost her daughter to overdose and whose son is now addicted to government-funded hydromorphone. She revealed that she has personally witnessed so-called safe supply pills being resold right outside the clinic, at times even to teenagers.
The government continues to deny that taxpayer-funded hard drugs are being diverted to children, but now we are hearing reports from Montreal saying that children as young as 11 are getting hooked on diverted drugs from so-called safe supply clinics. Experts are saying that Quebec may become the new British Columbia, where overdose is a leading cause of death for children aged 10 to 18.
Only a common-sense Conservative government will ban taxpayer-funded drug handouts, invest in treatment, invest in recovery and bring our loved ones home.