Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my hon. colleague, the member for Richmond Centre—Marpole, on his election. I was very familiar with his work as a city councillor, which I reported on in my former career as a journalist.
I want to thank him for his advocacy on putting forward what was a very unpopular position with the Liberals but a very popular position among ordinary Canadians. The Liberals have said that the answer to the drug crisis is to give people more drugs, to give free drugs.
I am wondering whether the member could speak to the experiences in his own community and about what that has done to people who are actually struggling with addiction and to the communities around them.