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{
"time": "2024-05-01 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay\u2014Alberni, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Gord Johns (Courtenay\u2014Alberni, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8363101\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in the last year, deaths related to the toxic drug crisis are up 17% in Alberta and 23% in Saskatchewan. Every toxic overdose death is preventable, but in provinces with Conservative premiers that do not have safe supply or decriminalization and do not believe in harm reduction, deaths are soaring. Alberta is on a trajectory to have the most toxic drug deaths per capita in Canada by June.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8363102\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Treatment, recovery and harm reduction go hand in hand. Will the Liberals finally make sure that all Canadians whose lives could be saved have access to these life-saving supports?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8363101\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, au cours de la derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e, les d\u00e9c\u00e8s li\u00e9s \u00e0 la crise des drogues toxiques ont augment\u00e9 de 17 % en Alberta et de 23 % en Saskatchewan. Tous les d\u00e9c\u00e8s par surdose sont \u00e9vitables, mais les d\u00e9c\u00e8s montent en fl\u00e8che dans les provinces dirig\u00e9es par des premiers ministres conservateurs qui n'offrent pas d'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un approvisionnement s\u00fbr, n'ont pas de politique de d\u00e9criminalisation et ne croient pas \u00e0 la r\u00e9duction des m\u00e9faits. L'Alberta est en voie d'avoir, d'ici juin, le plus grand nombre de d\u00e9c\u00e8s caus\u00e9s par des drogues toxiques, par habitant, au Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8363102\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le traitement, le r\u00e9tablissement et la r\u00e9duction des m\u00e9faits vont de pair. Les lib\u00e9raux vont-ils enfin veiller \u00e0 ce que tous les Canadiens dont la vie pourrait \u00eatre sauv\u00e9e aient acc\u00e8s \u00e0 ces mesures de soutien qui sauvent des vies?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/5/1/gord-johns-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gord-johns/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4237/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12708978",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Mental Health and Addictions",
"fr": "La sant\u00e9 mentale et les d\u00e9pendances"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/5/1/",
"related": {
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}
}