Justice committee  Quickly, the community I represent has a number of very interesting dynamics. First, for a variety of reasons, through the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, a tremendous number of people who had been forcibly confined for mental illness were released into my community. Second, we have

Justice committee  Very quickly, without being facetious, what I need is not necessarily more drug treatment courts but more basketball courts. It's very important that we begin to invest in communities where drug use and a variety of concurrent disorders are serious problems. Drug treatment cour

Justice committee  Sorry, am I out of time?

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Gord Perks, and I'm the Toronto city councillor for Parkdale--High Park Ward 14. I'm also the chair of the Toronto Drug Strategy Implementation Panel, which is an intersectoral group that provides oversight and strat