The house erupts in a fiery clash over the ongoing opioid crisis.
The Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre attacked the Liberal's policy of providing safer supply of drugs to people who use them, citing a Global News report that claimed some of the prescribed drugs were sold on the streets.
Canada's Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett defended the policy, saying it was based on evidence and science and that it prevented overdoses and deaths. She said the journalist who wrote the report only interviewed people who opposed the policy.
She also reminded Poilievre that people were dying from the toxic illegal drug supply and that safer supply services could help them access other health and social services.
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Canada's Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett
