Poilievre Promises Funding for Drug Addiction Treatment, Singh Commits to National Rent Control
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his government will fund recovery treatment for 50,000 Canadians affected by drug addiction, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh vows to implement national rent control if he is elected prime minister in the upcoming April 28 federal election. Liberal Leader Mark Carney has no public events scheduled on Sunday.
In his latest electoral promise on April 6, Poilievre pledged he would expand drug recovery programs by funding “lifesaving treatment for 50,000 of our loved ones trapped in the scourge of addiction.”
The Tory leader also promised to stop federal funding for opioids and to defund supervised injection sites, which he has called “drug dens.” For any remaining sites, he said he would ensure that they don’t operate within 500 metres of schools, daycares, playgrounds, parks, and seniors’ homes and that they comply with “strict new oversight rules that focus on pathways to treatment.”
“We lost 50,000 people in Canada to drug overdoses, more than died fighting for Canada in the Second World War, and thousands more continue to suffer, living in misery as fentanyl takes control of lives, every single death is an unspeakable tragedy,” Poilievre said during a campaign stop in New Westminster, B.C., one of the municipalities that make up Metro Vancouver.
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