Madam Speaker, I appreciate that my friend and colleague, the parliamentary secretary, spoke about past funding that has come to Waterloo region. However, I hope she and the minister can realize that the argument that we got a lot of applications and money ran out is not good enough.
First of all, the member is part of the government that set the total dollar amount, which obviously was not enough. Second, no one has done any thinking to say, wait a second, Waterloo region is a hot spot; we have had 72 people die in this community this year already. It is not okay in a community like mine to say we ran out of money.
Zero dollars for Waterloo region in the midst of this poisoned drug crisis is not okay. I have been trying to raise, for months now, a request for the government to look at hot spots such as Waterloo region and find the money to ensure that we are not left without any funding at all to stand up to this poison drug crisis.