SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

Member of Parliament

Kevin Vuong

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Independent
  • Spadina—Fort York
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 62%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $144,966.01

  • Government Page
Context: House Hansard - 248 - Nov/7/23
Mr. Kevin Vuong (Spadina—Fort York, Ind.)
  • Nov/7/23 1:59:05 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, I want to bring attention to a critical issue that is threatening the safety of our children and communities. The matter involves the Liberal government providing exemptions for the operation of safe injection sites that would otherwise be illegal under the Criminal Code. There are four pillars of an effective drug strategy, but harm reduction without enforcement, prevention or treatment does nothing to break the cycle of addiction. There are 35 addiction experts who made a letter public that they wrote to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions calling for safe supply to be reformed or abolished. National failures have local consequences. Downtown Toronto has become a war zone of increasing violence and danger. If the government provides exemptions that endanger children and communities, it must provide the funds to ensure that neighbourhoods that host such sites have the resources to keep them safe. In the absence of that, it is time for the Liberal government to listen to the experts and either reform or abolish safe supply.
171 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border