Correctional Service Canada records indicate that no incidents involving drug overdoses were recorded at the Matsqui Correctional Institution in British Columbia during 1998.
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Questions On The Order Paper June 9th, 1999
Correctional Service Canada records indicate that no incidents involving drug overdoses were recorded at the Matsqui Correctional Institution in British Columbia during 1998.
Question No. 239—
Prisons And Penitentiaries June 8th, 1999
Mr. Speaker, as I indicated previously, yes, the problem has been there for years. Yes, we did do a survey in 1995 and we did a survey a year ago. There has been a 300% decrease in the use of drugs and alcohol in our penal institutions. It is not enough. We will do more.
Prisons And Penitentiaries June 8th, 1999
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that the opposition members realize there is a problem. Quite simply, no human could come up with a plan for alcoholism and drug abuse in a couple of months.
Correctional Service Canada June 8th, 1999
Mr. Speaker, as I indicated previously, there was a review done in 1995. A review was also done a year ago which indicated that there has been about a 300% decrease in drug use in prisons.
As I have indicated, even 12% is too much. We intend to address the problem.
Correctional Service Canada June 8th, 1999
Mr. Speaker, your hon. colleague is the one who discovered a week ago that there is a drug problem. We have known for years that there is a drug problem. We have indicated that we will address the drug problem, and that is exactly what we will do.
Correctional Service Canada June 8th, 1999
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that my hon. colleague has known this for six years. I thought he found out last week.
If I did have all the answers that were needed for the alcohol addiction and drug abuse problem in the prisons, I would not have to do a review, I would just tell them how to do it. We must do a review.
Correctional Service Canada June 8th, 1999
Mr. Speaker, as I have said a number of times in the House, when I was appointed solicitor general I became aware of the massive drug problem.
I have asked Correctional Service Canada to review the drug program in the penal system. It has indicated to me that it will have a report on the review in about three months.
Prisons And Penitentiaries June 7th, 1999
Mr. Speaker, indeed I am pleased my hon. colleague found out last week there was a drug problem in our federal institutions. I have instructed my officials to evaluate the programs we are now using and to put programs together that will fit the offender and make sure that we address the drug problem in our federal institutions.
The Rcmp June 3rd, 1999
Mr. Speaker, this happens to be an internal matter of the RCMP. My hon. colleague is well aware that there is a resource review underway. This will ensure that the resources used by the RCMP are used adequately and that all the funding possible that can be put toward organized crime is put toward organized crime. I am sure my hon. colleague would want tax dollars to be spent as wisely as possible.
Correctional Service Canada June 3rd, 1999
Mr. Speaker, as I said to my hon. colleague, there are drugs in prison. I am well aware of the drug and alcohol problems with our federal inmates. Seven out of ten people who are in our federal institutions are in there because of alcohol or drug abuse.
I have instructed my officials to evaluate our programs and to have a program in place for our offenders when they are on parole. After they are on parole there needs to be some type of a program to help people who are addicted to alcohol, who are alcoholics and who—