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House Hansard - 189

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • May/2/23 2:58:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals teamed up with the B.C. NDP on drug decriminalization policies. Some hon. members: Hear, hear! Mrs. Tracy Gray: Mr. Speaker, now parents are more afraid than ever to take their kids to playgrounds and parks due to open drug use. Law enforcement are now handcuffed and can only stand by and watch. Because—
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/2/23 2:58:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals teamed up with the B.C. NDP on drug decriminalization policies. Some hon. members: Hear, hear! Mrs. Tracy Gray: Mr. Speaker, now parents are more afraid than ever to take their kids to playgrounds and—
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mrs. Tracy Gray
  • May/2/23 2:59:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals teamed up with the B.C. NDP on drug decriminalization policies. Now parents are more afraid than ever to take their kids to playgrounds and parks due to open drug use. Law enforcement are now handcuffed and can only stand by and watch. Because of these new drug policies, the Kelowna mayor says that police cannot stop drug users from getting high and leaving syringes in children's playgrounds. Our Prime Minister is out of touch and our streets are out of control. When are the Liberals going to take public safety seriously?
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Hon. Carolyn Bennett (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • May/2/23 3:00:04 p.m.
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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 than $1 billion to address the overdose crisis, and we are taking concrete steps to divert people who use drugs away from the criminal justice system. Approving B.C.'s decriminalization proposal for personal possession is an important step. So far, we have supported 31 projects, providing a safer supply.
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Hon. Carolyn Bennett (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • May/2/23 3:01:17 p.m.
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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 monitoring this very closely, but we have to stop this toxic drug overdose tragedy. We will do that.
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