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Lucille Collard

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Ottawa—Vanier
  • Ontario Liberal Party
  • Ontario
  • 237 Montreal Rd. Vanier, ON K1L 6C7 LCollard.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org
  • tel: 613-744-4484
  • fax: 613-744-0889
  • LCollard.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

  • Government Page
  • Nov/15/23 11:20:00 a.m.

I do appreciate the answer from the minister. I want to underline that consumption sites have a role to play in addressing the opioid crisis, but the solution cannot end there. People who have challenges with addictions are health care patients needing treatment. Providing those who are addicted with a safe place to use drugs may protect them from overdose in the short-term, but it does nothing to address the underlying illness.

We need to take a holistic approach to addiction in this province. Last week, I did ask the Minister of Health to approve the request for a proposed nurse-practitioner-led clinic that could provide much-needed addictions and mental health services. Consumption sites cannot be stand-alone facilities. They must be truly connected to health care and mental health treatments, food banks, housing and other social services so that we can actually help address the underlying issues that lead to addiction.

What step is the minister taking to ensure that the consumption sites in my riding actually connect those who are addicted with the health care and social services that they need to get better?

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