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{
"time": "2025-11-27 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Chak Au (Richmond Centre\u2014Marpole, CPC)",
"fr": "Chak Au (Richmond-Centre\u2014Marpole, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9022261\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, British Columbians are now seeing the consequences of the Liberal government's reckless hard-drug decriminalization. Even Premier David Eby has admitted, \u201cI was wrong\u201d and \u201cIt was not the right policy.\u201d</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9022262\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Communities in Richmond, Vancouver and across the province are experiencing open drug use and rising disorder, and families are increasingly afraid to walk in their own neighbourhoods. This crisis did not happen by accident; it happened because the federal Liberal government granted B.C. an exemption that allowed possession of fentanyl, crack cocaine and meth on our streets.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9022263\" data-originallang=\"en\">Frontline officers, health experts and local leaders have been pleading for help, yet the government still refuses to take responsibility. Will the Liberals end the hard-drug experiment now?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9022261\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Britanno\u2011Colombiens constatent maintenant les cons\u00e9quences de la d\u00e9criminalisation irresponsable des drogues dures par le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral. M\u00eame le premier ministre David Eby a admis qu'il avait eu tort et que ce n'\u00e9tait pas une bonne politique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9022262\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 Richmond, \u00e0 Vancouver et dans toute la province, les drogues sont consomm\u00e9es ouvertement et le d\u00e9sordre r\u00e8gne. Les familles ont de plus en plus peur de se promener dans leur quartier. Cette crise n'est pas le fruit du hasard; elle d\u00e9coule de la d\u00e9cision du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral f\u00e9d\u00e9ral d'accorder \u00e0 la Colombie\u2011Britannique une exemption autorisant la possession de fentanyl, de crack et de m\u00e9thamph\u00e9tamine dans les rues.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9022263\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les agents de premi\u00e8re ligne, les experts en sant\u00e9 et les dirigeants locaux r\u00e9clament de l'aide, mais le gouvernement refuse toujours d'assumer ses responsabilit\u00e9s. Les lib\u00e9raux vont-ils enfin mettre fin \u00e0 leur exp\u00e9rience sur les drogues dures?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/11/27/chak-au-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/chak-au/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4843/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13272404",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Opioids",
"fr": "Les opio\u00efdes"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/11/27/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F11%2F27%2F"
}
}