Mr. Speaker, over 52,000 Canadians have died from poisoned drug supply. Canada has the third-highest per capita rate of any country in the world; only the United States and Puerto Rico have a higher death rate per capita, yet in this budget, there is zero mention of the toxic drug crisis and an action plan to deal with it. The government has created a drug strategy that says that it is going to take a compassionate, integrated approach. Still, there is no timeline, plan or money, so that plan is useless.
When is the government going to take the toxic drug crisis seriously, or is it just going to continue the stigma it is implementing in responding to this terrible crisis?