Mr. Speaker, Alberta's prevention sites were meant to be temporary, but the Liberal government just extended its legal exemption by a year without consulting local governments or residents. Nanaimo's city council debated spending $412,000 of taxpayers' money to fence off City Hall because of issues tied to our downtown overdose prevention site, and it still has a deferred motion on the books calling for the site's closure. Will the minister admit that bypassing communities was wrong and commit to real consultation, treatment and recovery?
In the House of Commons on September 19th, 2025. See this statement in context.