Madam Speaker, fentanyl is the great killer these days in Canada. It has affected every single community from coast to coast to coast. The fact that it is out there in street drugs means people are playing Russian roulette every time they go and buy from a dealer on the street. That is very true.
When I was on the ground with the Standing Committee on Health for two days in Vancouver, which is the very epicentre of where this crisis originated, people such as street doctors, people who are doing policy on the street, not locked away in an ivory tower, said that the Conservative policy approach on this is offside from where we need to be.
Treatment is important, but there are some people who are simply not ready for treatment and we do not have the spaces available. What do we do with those folks who are going to buy drugs right now? Do we simply allow them to play Russian roulette with their lives? Is that the Conservative approach to these people?