Mr. Speaker, this is the first study in Canada to use individual-level, linkable health data. That means, for the first time, we can see exactly what happened to the people who have used these sites. Every drug consumption site in Canada operates under an exemption granted by the federal health minister.
If the research now says that closing a drug consumption site leads to more people getting life-saving treatment and no increase in deaths, why on earth is the minister still approving them?