Health  Mr. Speaker, people are dying—

Health  Mr. Speaker, 46,000 overdoses have been reversed in safe consumption sites. The member says that he will stop that. I want him to speak to the parents of the people who would have been lost if there were no safe consumption sites and no safe supply. This is ridiculous.

Health  Mr. Speaker, people have to stay alive long enough to get treatment. People are dying because of the toxic drug supply. Safe supply allows people to stay alive long enough. In a CMHA study—

Red Dress Day  Mr. Chair, I thank the member for her ongoing advocacy and her always eloquent and heartfelt interventions in this House. I remember the terrible debate on the convoy and how diligent the member was in fighting for justice and fighting for the feeling of safety that had been los

Red Dress Day  Mr. Chair, I thank the member for his ongoing commitment to his community, to fairness and to the culturally safe, indigenous-led approach that leads to durable solutions. In the budget and in the February 7 announcement of the Prime Minister, we were very pleased to see not onl

Red Dress Day  Mr. Chair, I would like to start by acknowledging that we are on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. May 5, Red Dress Day, is a day to reflect, mourn and recommit to our continued work together to put an end to this ongoing national tragedy

Health  Mr. Speaker, our hearts go out to all the people of Nova Scotia so affected by this tragedy. I want to thank the member for Kings—Hants for his work to support all of those impacted. Our government is investing an initial $9 million, along with $9 million from the Nova Scotia go

Health  Mr. Speaker, the toxic drug and overdose crisis continues to take a tragic toll on families, loved ones and communities. Our government will use every tool at our disposal to work with our partners to end this national public health tragedy. Since 2017, we have committed more th

Health  Mr. Speaker, we are committed to ending the toxic drug and overdose crisis. In moving forward on decriminalization, there is adequate supervision by the B.C. government and the B.C. Centre on Substance Use on both public safety and public health, with proper indicators. We are m

Health  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Scarborough—Agincourt for all her important work on this file. This morning, we kicked off Mental Health Week by announcing $2.8 million in funding to the Community-Based Research Centre. With this funding, CBRC investigators are deliv

Health  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his ongoing advocacy. He is so right. The toxic drug and overdose crisis continues to take a tragic toll on families, loved ones and communities. Our government will continue to use every tool at our disposal to work with our partners to end th

Health  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Scarborough—Agincourt for her heartfelt advocacy. We support the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, which brings together all jurisdictions, organizations, community partners and patients to achieve a common goal of equitable cancer care

Health  Mr. Speaker, the member knows full well that Health Canada acted swiftly and has issued regulatory letters to Adastra Labs and Sunshine Earth Labs regarding the misinformation they published. Health Canada spoke to both companies and requested immediate action to retract and clar

Health  Mr. Speaker, there are very strict rules in place for obtaining and maintaining a controlled substance licence in Canada. These licences by Health Canada for controlled substances are for scientific and medical purposes only. Companies cannot sell products to the general public.

Health  Mr. Speaker, this is a watershed moment for Canada. We are delighted with the announcement made by the Council of the Federation, and we thank the members of the council for their important work. Our discussions were, and will continue to be, focused on how we can work together t