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{
"time": "2018-05-28 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Health, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (ministre de la Sant\u00e9, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5439961\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my friend and colleague from Coquitlam\u2014Port Coquitlam for his tireless advocacy to help address the opioid crisis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5439962\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Harper Conservatives addressed the crisis by trying to eliminate harm reduction services, and tried to use the Supreme Court to shutter Canada's first consumption site. However, our government knows that harm reduction can help address the opioid crisis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5439963\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Through the harm reduction fund, we are investing over $30 million to organizations aiming to reduce the risks from drug equipment sharing. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5439961\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je tiens \u00e0 remercier mon estim\u00e9 coll\u00e8gue de Coquitlam\u2014Port Coquitlam pour ses efforts inlassables dans la lutte contre la crise des opio\u00efdes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5439962\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs de Harper ont voulu s'attaquer \u00e0 la crise en tentant d'\u00e9liminer les services de r\u00e9duction des m\u00e9faits et en s'adressant \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame pour faire fermer le premier centre de consommation supervis\u00e9e au Canada. Or, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral sait tr\u00e8s bien que la r\u00e9duction des m\u00e9faits peut nous aider \u00e0 contrer la crise des opio\u00efdes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5439963\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Par l'entremise du Fonds pour la r\u00e9duction des m\u00e9faits, nous investissons plus de 30 millions de dollars afin d\u2019appuyer les organisations qui contribuent \u00e0 r\u00e9duire les risques associ\u00e9s au partage d\u2019\u00e9quipement de consommation de drogues. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/5/28/ginette-petitpas-taylor-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ginette-petitpas-taylor/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4428/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10154153",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Health",
"fr": "La sant\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/5/28/",
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}
}