Mr. Speaker, coming from a small first nations reserve, I understand mental health and drug addiction, as well as substance abuse issues.
We tried to battle that as much as we could without government support. There was an experiment in B.C. to decriminalize drugs, between Ottawa and B.C. It was a disaster. By the way, as an MLA in the B.C. legislature, I tried to fight as hard as I could to get treatment centres in our region. We were rejected, even though indigenous leaders were the ones putting together the plans.
We have a huge problem across Canada, and it is a shame that the Canadian Liberal government does not recognize this and try to address it head-on.