44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 9, 2024 10:00AM
- May/9/24 11:37:33 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois member did not listen to my speech today. I said it was a problem. The 2009 report that I mentioned states that the government has to start treating drug addiction like other chronic diseases.
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- May/9/24 12:56:56 p.m.
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I will remind the hon. member that I have not heard, as it was the hon. member who made the speech.
The hon. member for Courtenay—Alberni.
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- May/9/24 12:58:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is hard to rise and talk to a topic like this one, as so many young people are dying across our country. There has been a 166% increase in deaths since the Prime Minister took over in 2015 to 2024. That is what we are talking about. People's loved ones have died.
The member politicized his speech and said that our leader was afraid to meet with mothers, when he has met with mothers across the country. That is actually beneath the member. I have a lot of respect for the member, but his speech was beneath him.
An hon. member: Oh, oh!
Mr. Warren Steinley: The House leader of the NDP can yell as much as he wants.
Madam Speaker, Dr. Nickie Mathew met with the health committee members and said that there was a 22% increase in B.C. youth with hydromorphone in their system. That comes from the safe supply. In B.C., there is a 22% increase in hydromorphone in the bloodstream of deceased B.C. youth.
How can the member possibly say that safe supply is not affecting and killing B.C. youth?
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- May/9/24 3:16:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that the local authorities are engaged in their jurisdictions on this matter. On this side of the House, we will always protect the charter-guaranteed right to freedom of speech and expression, but it must not cross the line into hate and intimidation.
At times like this, as a government, we are going to continue to do everything that we can to combat hate and to bring people together.
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- May/9/24 3:40:03 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have to agree with my colleague from the NDP. There is a lot to unpack in that speech, for which, frankly, we do not have nearly enough time. The member talked about, essentially, a conspiracy theory about officials benefiting financially from the horrible crisis.
Would the member speak to her leader about the fundraising that the Conservatives are doing right now on the issue and whether that is appropriate?
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- May/9/24 3:54:39 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I listened to the hon. member's speech, and he has taken a very complex problem and narrowed it down to very simple slogans, as I would have expected.
I have a simple question. I would like to know this: How many people with addictions, in this opioid crisis, has the member spoken to, and what has he learned from their experience?
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- May/9/24 4:42:01 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his comments. He is a man I very much like and respect. He gave a nuanced and thoughtful speech with a few constructive aspects, which helps counterbalance a bit the speeches of many of his Conservative colleagues, who are firmly on the other end of the spectrum.
My question is very simple. Does he make a distinction between the concept of decriminalization and that of diversion?
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- May/9/24 5:04:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I listened with great interest to the member's speech. I was disappointed at one point, when she was talking about skilled workers dying in the oil patch from addiction, and there was laughter from the Conservative Party, from one particular member.
An hon. member: Oh, oh!
Mr. Chris Bittle: It was the same member who is heckling right now, the same member who is continuing to heckle me—
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- May/9/24 5:07:08 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the story I shared earlier in my speech about the young man who passed away in his basement and was not able to have a funeral was shared with me by someone in the trades who asked the member who just asked me the question to come visit them at their facility in the Lower Mainland. The member has not taken the time yet to make the trip to go speak with them. Maybe if he did, he could hear the stories and bring some humanity to his party today.
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- May/9/24 5:25:28 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his thoughtful speech, which also proposed a solution to today's debate. Unfortunately, it was rejected and I am very disappointed.
My colleague was talking about the fact that—
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her wonderful speech on the environment. It was very clear and straightforward.
I would like to ask her the following question. Does she see any interference in Bill C-59 and does she see even more of it in Bill C-69?
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- May/9/24 10:06:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I find it curious that the member is hyperfocused on what I said about his own party. Perhaps he is feeling a bit defensive. If he had heard my speech, he would have heard the wins that we in the NDP pushed for, as I mentioned, such as the reverse to the major cuts that were being planned to Indigenous Services Canada.
I know that the Conservative Party does not care much about investing in indigenous communities, so maybe that was not heard or cared for. Also, we talked about what we have delivered on pharmacare and on dental care, particularly around diabetes medication and birth control.
Again, these are priorities that the Conservatives are actively fighting against. I think that speaks more about them. Our wins speak to our work and our values.
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