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House Hansard - 306

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 1, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/1/24 2:27:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us take a moment to reflect on what happened yesterday. You had to censure the Leader of the Opposition for refusing to withdraw the unparliamentary language he used while making political attacks about a crisis, a human tragedy, that is happening in British Columbia. The fact is that we will always take this tragedy seriously. That is why we are taking a compassionate and evidence-based approach. We will be there to support British Columbia as it adjusts its pilot project.
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Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/1/24 2:28:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition knows full well that we are a government that is rooted in facts and that co-operates with the provinces. The province of British Columbia asked for a pilot project. We looked at their plan together and we green-lit the pilot project. No other requests came from any other province. However, if any of the provinces want to do something, we will look at their plan and make a responsible decision based on facts and on what has happened in previous situations.
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Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/1/24 2:29:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the opioid epidemic is hitting families, communities and individuals right across the country, and it has for many years. This is why we are continuing to use an approach grounded in compassion, public safety and public health through facts-based decisions. We responded to the British Columbia government's ask for a pilot project. We will, yes, work with it to adjust it in ways that it sees fit. It is important to make sure that B.C. continues to do the things it needs to do to keep people safe in its jurisdiction.
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Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/1/24 2:31:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a number of years ago, British Columbia approached us with a pilot project that it wanted to bring in to look at a different way of dealing with the ongoing public health crisis that was hitting British Columbians with the opioid epidemic. We worked with the British Columbia government as it developed this pilot project, and now that it is asking for modifications to that project, we are looking at those modifications. We will work with B.C. as it seeks to adjust its plans for public health and dealing with this opioid epidemic.
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Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/1/24 2:32:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, colleagues will understand if I am a little skeptical when the Leader of the Opposition says this is not about politics, because he has been the one who has been pointing out vulnerable people and trying to pursue ideological aims on this ongoing public health crisis. We have consistently stepped up to work with provinces, with municipalities and with jurisdictions. Indeed, that would include moving forward with British Columbia as it wanted to try a pilot project. We are working with British Columbia to adjust in ways that make sense. We understand the urgency and we will act.
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Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/1/24 2:40:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I have said, we are working with British Columbia to adjust its parameters and desires around the pilot project. We will always be there to work in order to keep Canadians safe. At the same time, I will point out that the Leader of the Opposition refuses to say a simple thing: that he condemns Diagolon because it is a white nationalist, violent organization, and that he rejects the endorsement of Alex Jones, an extremist conspiracy theorist who denied the deaths of 20 kids at Sandy Hook. These are things that concern Canadians that he should also answer for.
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