Act would bar exemptions that enable individuals to use hard drugs in hospital, says Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants to bring in a law that would prevent federal health ministers from granting exemptions to drug laws that would allow individuals to use their own hard drugs in hospitals.
“Canadians deserve a government that will keep hard drugs out of hospitals,” Mr. Poilievre told his news conference, held across the street from the downtown St. Paul’s hospital.are seeking federal exemptions on some drugs as a harm-reduction measure at a time when British Columbia is grappling with the fallout from a pilot project to decriminalize hard-drug use in public spaces,
The Conservatives had been criticizing the federal Liberal government since British Columbia requested to prohibit possession of illicit drugs in public spaces, inIn a video posted on social-media platform X, Conservative MP Kerry-Lee Findlay, who represents a British Columbia riding, said she will propose the hospitals act as a private member’s bill., proposed by Conservative MP Todd Doherty, to create an aggravating factor for assaults committed against health care workers or first responders.
Ms. Saks said every health-care worker in Canada deserves to be safe in their place of work, which is why the Liberals supported the bill.
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