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Hon. Justin Trudeau

Member of Parliament
Prime Minister Leader of the Liberal Party
Liberal

Papineau
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 55%
Expenses Last Quarter: $79,187.97

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Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

May/1/24 2:42:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, unfortunately there is fearmongering going on by the Leader of the Opposition right now. I will recall for people that a number of years ago the City of Vancouver approached us with a desire to decriminalize in its city, and we said, no, we would not do that for Vancouver, that we work with provinces and public health systems. That is why we moved forward with British Columbia on a pilot project it wanted. With regard to any other province, whether it be Quebec, Ontario or anywhere else, we will work with the governments in place on proposals they may or may not have, in order to deal with the opioid epidemic. That is all.

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Context: House Hansard - 79 - Jun/1/22

Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

Jun/1/22 3:14:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country for his incredibly hard work on this file and others. We are taking concrete action to tackle the opioid epidemic, including the announcement of the approval of B.C.'s proposal to decriminalize personal possession of certain small amounts. We will work in partnership with B.C. through its comprehensive monitoring and evaluation strategy to address both public health and public safety. Our approach is supporting community-led solutions to reduce harm, treat addiction and prevent overdoses.

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Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22

Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

May/31/22 2:36:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government recognizes that problematic substance use is a public health issue. We are working with partners to advance a multi-faceted health-based strategy to end the overdose and toxic drug supply crisis. That is why we have approved the B.C. proposal to decriminalize personal possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs within the province. There is, of course, more to do, and we are taking action with a range of provinces and territories as well as other partners to end this ongoing tragedy. We know that we need to move forward on proper supports and that is what we are doing with B.C. We look forward to talking with other provinces about that as well.

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Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22

Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)

May/31/22 2:35:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the opioid crisis has severely affected the families and communities of those we have lost to overdoses. Our approach follows other steps we have taken previously to address the opioid crisis, including investments of more than $800 million in community-led harm reduction, treatment and prevention initiatives. We also just approved British Columbia's request to decriminalize the personal possession of small amounts of certain illicit drugs in the province. We will continue to work with all provinces and jurisdictions to save lives and end this crisis.

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Prime Minister Leader of the Liberal Party

Hon. Justin Trudeau