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House Hansard - 305

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 30, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Todd Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George, CPC)
  • Apr/30/24 10:30:21 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, perhaps our hon. colleague could tell the House, Canadians and those on the other side who might be listening, though chances are after nine years they still are not, about the pain that her constituents are going through because of the insane policies that the current government has levied against hard-working Canadians in her riding.
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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Todd Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George, CPC)
  • Apr/30/24 12:14:46 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the government will now spend more money servicing our debt than it does on health care transfers. Our hon. colleague spent a lot of time in her speech talking about youth. The leading cause of death for youth in my province of British Columbia is overdose. Would the government not be better off fighting overdose and the opioid crisis than spending billions on its failed drug policy?
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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Todd Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George, CPC)
  • Apr/30/24 2:13:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the leading cause of death for children in British Columbia is overdose. Overdose accounts for more deaths in B.C. than homicides, suicides, accidents and natural disease combined. Since 2016, over 42,000 Canadians have tragically lost their lives due to drug overdoses. After nine years, the NDP-Liberal government's extremist drug policies have literally turned our neighbourhoods into war zones, and statistics have tripled. Unbelievably, the government wants to go even further and make cocaine, meth, heroin, crack and fentanyl legal. Hard drugs are being used in playgrounds, parks, coffee shops and even hospitals. David Eby's NDP have finally admitted that the Prime Minister's extremist drug policies have utterly failed, leaving ruined lives and grieving families in their wake. The Prime Minister must end his failed drug experiment, today, or better yet, step aside and let a common-sense Conservative government fund treatment and recovery to bring our loved ones home.
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