Madam Speaker, I appreciate where the member is coming from, but I talked about a few of the young women who were killed as a result of the taxpayer-funded drugs that were gateways to this horrific end for them. What the NDP fails to recognize over and over again is the community impact. It is not just on the individual drug addict. It is the community impact of these drug dens, of the needle distribution in children's playgrounds and of children being accosted and assaulted by people at these so-called drug dens, or what we call drug dens but they call safe consumption sites. It is the broader public impact of these harmful policies that has led to all the disarray we are seeing. We need to be realistic about this and bring these ridiculous policies to an end.
In the House of Commons on December 10th, 2024. See this statement in context.