Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to present a petition on behalf of residents of Fairhaven, Meadowgreen Park and Confederation Park in Saskatoon, all of whom have faced significant challenges as crime, chaos and disorder take over their neighbourhoods.
The petitioners note that drug use and homelessness have overrun their neighbourhoods, making public areas, schools and even private backyards unsafe, and that safe supply and harm reduction programs paid for by the federal government have prolonged and encouraged drug use instead of offering treatment for addiction.
The petitioners are calling upon the government to bring back the mandatory minimum sentences for the trafficking, importing and production of illegal narcotics that were removed in Bill C-5; end the dangerous safe supply experiment, which has lowered the cost and increased the supply of narcotics on the street; and invest in real treatment for drug users, such as rehabilitation beds that encourage people to get off drugs.
I fully support this petition.