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B.C. asks Ottawa to recriminalize drugs following overdoses surge | Question Period
Liberal MP Adam Van Koeverden and Conservative house leader Andrew Scheer debate on why B.C. needs to recriminalize drugs.
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You can't smoke cigarettes in a bar. But you can smoke hard drugs in a hospital. Makes sense 🤔
@oldskool1979
3 ай бұрын
Libs are the problem not the drug addicts.
@FamilyCheung-kc1pw
3 ай бұрын
NDP and liberal Government is crazy . Hard drugs is more dangerous and more damage to brain and cause severe mental illness
never thought there would be a day when Canadian Politicians in the House of Parliament would have to ask... "when will it be illegal to smoke crack, in hospitals?" ...
@dirb-pl4iv
3 ай бұрын
Crack is bad and shouldn`t be legal anywhere. Period, end of story
@philnicholson7863
3 ай бұрын
@dirb-pl4iv thats the point. No one asked for this.
Smoking and drinking is legal but we can't do it in a lot of places why are they allowed...
@photobygary
3 ай бұрын
The Liberals are after the drug-addict and drug-dealer vote.
@user-vw3ry6rm8k
3 ай бұрын
where is WorksafeBC on this?
@enchantedape8180
3 ай бұрын
Because drug addicts are special
@treverratti5968
3 ай бұрын
Excellent question and easy answer they are both illegal in public buildings, with alcohol being illegal in public period.
Wow! The police asked for decriminalizing drugs? really? My BC police officer friend said this one of the dumbest things the government did.
@danielle9825
3 ай бұрын
Exactly, paramedics also... There are also overdoses in NB from drugs ordered from BC. This is affecting the entire country. Complete insanity.
Trudeau and Liberals have had 9 years to do something about the drug overdose crisis. Fund counseling, treatment, and recovery. The crisis started in 2016.
@Richiesrant
3 ай бұрын
sorry, all the money went to Ukraine. It's sitting in Zelensky's money vault.
@MrDjohi
3 ай бұрын
@@Richiesrant and vault is in UK, together with real estates and other assets
Why are we even arguing about this ? We need a election
This Liberal dude is so disturbing and out of touch. 😂😂😂
Need treatment centres now..
@user-ed2zl3eq8q
3 ай бұрын
forced detox make narcan iligal death penality for hard drug dealers.
If drugs are free everywhere why are cigarettes and alcohol not ?
@user-pi8ck8yk5g
3 ай бұрын
Doesn’t make sense
@philnicholson7863
3 ай бұрын
Because they haven't figured out how to tax it yet
Trudeau should make the change to fentanyl from coke
@BradleyGoakery
3 ай бұрын
How about Trudeau should leave today instead.
Why can't anyone answer a direct question anymore, without pulling in talking points that detract from the question? Makes me sick!
@ReadyMillionaire
3 ай бұрын
Agreed, the only thing that holds me back from the conservatives is that they never answer a question.
@MrDjohi
3 ай бұрын
@@ReadyMillionaire best thing is Justin, Jagmeet and Chrystia always answer every question 🤣🤣
@lilmaple072
3 ай бұрын
@@MrDjohiplease tell me this is sarcasm I'm not picking up on lol
@MrDjohi
3 ай бұрын
@@lilmaple072 yep, can’t be true, but clowns still trying to stick that to conservatives
The BC NDP are reversing their position because it's a big loosing position with the voters. BC Conservatives are poised to pass them in the polls.
@jimdevlin4949
3 ай бұрын
🍎
Andrew is correct.. BC is a mess..
Rehab before addiction. Clean them up, and they will be a useful part of Society
@eattherich22
3 ай бұрын
Better add housing to the equation and supports because alot of them now have brain damage
Should have taken no more then 24hrs to reverse this, too many idiots with their hands in the pot.
Andrew sheer is correct
@salvvilona9078
3 ай бұрын
@user-pl8rl5tq1x Andrew shears is correct and you don't know what you're talking about.
@randolphothegreat549
3 ай бұрын
@user-pl8rl5tq1xok not
@glenhopping3776
3 ай бұрын
@@salvvilona9078 Andrew sheer is living in a different century and is so wrong he cannot even answer a direct question.
@salvvilona9078
3 ай бұрын
@@glenhopping3776 Trudeau's government is a disaster. And you don't care about canadianso who cares what you say?
@embermarchand8762
3 ай бұрын
Andrew Sheer is wrong on everything!. Andrew is uneducated and doesn't do any fact-checking before giving an opinion . he just babbles on
WACKOS 😂
@tomcotter8138
3 ай бұрын
The BC NDP & fed NDP&liberals giving away free drugs. Is act of looniness’ I’m 100% ready to vote ☑️ ASAP !!! Poilievre !! For PM
I get it addictions are a rough thing but why does someone’s addiction trump everyone else’s right to be safe? Offer help, drug courts, counselling, some form of treatment to get off the drugs, some basic jobs if someone wants help, if they don’t then they have made a choice and should be responsible for their decision.
Where do you think the drugs are coming in to Alberta from?
Adam is not a serious person.
@skatingfan7885
3 ай бұрын
He is a 🤡
Van koeverden is my MP, he is a clapping seal in parliament. And yes, I did not vote for him.
@hammerhead2184
3 ай бұрын
Canoe Boy is gone next election. Such huge drop-off from Raitt to this assclown.
@BronsonWally
3 ай бұрын
Whats the chances of a Con being voted in to replace Adam ?
@happyislandman
3 ай бұрын
@@chrismifflin3862he didn't vote for him
Taxpayer's money for these drugs.
@user-lx4om5lq6y
3 ай бұрын
Best of all they don't even take it they sell it to the high school kids then they get fentanyl for themselves
Adam is so out of touch!!!
Safe supply in our cities is utter nonsense. Where are the studies that prove this is helpful or "safer" in the long run? And what about the families that deal with the pain of a loved one in an addiction? The very thing that they have fought against and cried over for years is now not only being condoned but even legitimized by their govt!
@jeffpedler6094
3 ай бұрын
Portugal 🇵🇹 Let's keep criminalizing it and solve nothing.
@2FLIPS3.5TWISTS
3 ай бұрын
Distraction for you to focus on while he bankrupts and destroys the country which is being done on purpose. A government that doesn't tell the truth about immigration, everything. These issues aree too intense, we are a democracy lets demand a vote!
Vassi is BY FAR the best, toughest, fairest, best prepared interviewer and journalist in this country today. This is the kind of journalism we need.
I can’t get past all these members smiling when discussing topics related to struggling Canadians. To be completely honest I don’t find it helpful and I find it really disappointing.
🙏Thank you Hon. MP Andrew Scheer! 🇨🇦
Bro really said that his party isn't ideology married to anything and they want to work with premiere's but when 70% of the premiere's opposed the carbon tax they said no. Give me a break.
One thing that statistics cannot capture and seemed to have been totally ignored: the many kids that stayed away from drugs because they were criminalized.
"Harm Reduction" has increased overdoses and deaths particularly in BC. It was already a crisis as was pointed out, but these policies have only increased the problem several fold. Yes Alberta's rates are also rising, but we have tracked our problems back to BC's "safe supply". Our newer focus on dealing with tent cities and other places where addict's go to die, and instead send them into treatment will be what sees Alberta out of this mess faster.
It's a wonder they aren't handing out Texas Mickeys to alcoholics
@rettbutler1312
3 ай бұрын
I think alcoholics and food addicts should take them to court for free access. I'm a food addict myself - I need dinner every day, and I expect the gov to supply it.
Why are we not seeing the whole NDP party in the house last week ? the conservatives pressed the issue for 2 days in question period the NDP sat in silence not one word. I wonder if they would have stood up what would happen
My friend is alcoholic he should have free whiskey.
Pierre Poilievre for prime minister! Vote conservative! 🇨🇦💙🇨🇦
It was reported weeks ago that safe supply drugs are showing up in Alberta. Could be why numbers have risen.
Vassy its up 25 percent not 5 percent this was 3 days ago so please get your right information please Andrew is right in what he's saying an yes l live here in Abbotsford an yes it's bad in every city in the mainland an yes an on the island maybe you should come here yourself an see it an how bad it really is an yes between bc an Alberta it's pretty close or the same you have to see it yourself an then you can decide for yourself don't rely other governments because you wont get the real truth just saying vassy
@BeefyTacoCS
3 ай бұрын
It is only up 5%. Go check the numbers. Scheer is trying to claim it is literally up 400% and you somehow take him for his word.. Your nonsensical
@IceFromTheSun
3 ай бұрын
Sheer is talking about since when Justin Trudeau was elected. In 2023 there's 200 more peoples that died from OD than 2022. In 2012 there was 270 total OD in BC. The increase alone from last year is almost the same as the total from 2012. Wtf
Trudeau figures it helps reduce carbon ......
@tomcotter8138
3 ай бұрын
Ya
The fact that the liberal party thinks that they are the authority on facts and evidence is not only alarming but highlights how out of touch and ignorant they have become.
I still cannot understand this decriminalization experiment ! Again, this decriminalization was a Justin Trudeau improvisation, with proper impact assessment !
@ThinkPolisComing4Me
3 ай бұрын
Marxism
I look forward to the next Federal Election. It cannot come soon enough. I’m interested in the Poilievre election platform delivered for 6 weeks on a host of National stages… Coast to Coast to Coast. No more boo-boo JT & it’s all JT’s fault. Just the Poilievre platform on his vision on the way forward on all issues, foreign & domestic. Then the vote. Let the chips fall where they may. Period.
@tomcotter8138
3 ай бұрын
Flush it Liberals NDP let it make skid marks on the way out. I’m 100% to vote ☑️ Poilievre!!
Zero concern for drug addicts which they clearly wanted to be. If you don’t do drugs you won’t get addicted.
They should have made more safeguards before they legalized these drugs, but as per usual with the liberal/NDP government put halfassed plans out there and Canadians suffer for this.
There is a huge difference between decriminalization and legal possession!! BC can pass Provincial legislation and do not need permission from the tools in Ottawa!! For example it is a Provincial authority that prevents consuming liquor in public!! It is also a Provincial authority that prevents smoking in buildings and hospitals, and that should include a meth/ crack pipe!!
Just get rid of the stain called Trudeau
emotional? hard? sounds so apologetic? why is it so hard? there is a reason why Singapore has no drug problem... geez... get a spine and do the hard thing... "harm" reduction is the most stupid hiding and call it what it is.. drug addicts... geez...so easy
@ThinkPolisComing4Me
3 ай бұрын
truth
This guy is about as sickening to listen to as Trudeau is.
A knee jerk response ,we want to get it right , we need the studies , are we still talking about hard drugs ? How can they down play this ? And if they are getting safe drugs and selling them they should be in jail
You know what our kids n pets and innocent citizens should not become victims to compassion. What a joke.
So now, some Liberals are saying that PM Trudeau is wrong.
Adam van Koeverden is a frustrating political figure. Obviously smart / motivated... however, he's completely undermined his credibility by standing behind Justin... he now automatically parrots that disgusting Trudeau arrogance. Yuck, not my brand. Just like Sean Frasier, both their political career prospects are now stuck firmly in the treads of Trudeau's campaign bus.
Safe supply has never been the answer. Treatment and only treatment is!
How about the government give jobs to the drug addicts and subsidize their wage instead of the free loaders that came to Canada illegally
Always thought politicians were on drugs . Well, it's not thought now 😂
@MrDjohi
3 ай бұрын
freeland is for sure
Save the users and jailed the pushers
Liberal government have to go we need a change. Vote for conservatives 😊😊
@rettbutler1312
3 ай бұрын
Vote PPC. Poilievre will not help the working class and will not save our culture from immigration.
They don't realize that even the province is mess. And even the most loyal NDP voters start turning against them ,because of this policy. Not only taxpayers oay for the drugs and pensioners that live on fix Income, which is not much, pay for their medication. And sometimes you have to make choices if you need your medication or you can skip it. What sick ,sick time we live in.
I think they should tweak the decriminalization to: go after users in public spaces, and triple down on distributors. Status quo doesn't work.
Send Trudeau a gift basket ,minus the narcan
Explain to me why these hazardous drugs are not covered WHMIS .
Asap has passed. This is because you don’t give addicts more drugs or create more addicts. This was thee most stupidest idea.
“ I use drugs safely, why do the criminals have to ruin for everyone. You think I drug addict is gonna think twice just because it’s illegal ? “ sound like familiar logic ?
Recriminalization of drug use in public paces.
Every one of these daily deaths are the sons and daughters of someone now grieving their loss. 😢 Even if the individuals signing up for this murderous program are underage the parents are NOT INFORMED
Imagine being VanKoeverden and trying to look yourself in the mirror. Youll be gone before your pension kicks in bud.
This is what happens when you vote for someone because he was an astronaut..
@doorbash5680
3 ай бұрын
space cowboy or rump wrangler or astronaut . We all know you mean
There is no healthcare approach to give out more opioids
This women pisses me off. Let them talk
Because Alberta they are not charging the drug addicts and they are doing it in public spaces
Can you drink alcohol on the streets in BC , smoke in a hospital or restaurant ???
This has to big money and kick backs to the liberal party from big pharma
Well that was useless! Yes make the drugs Illegal and that's what we will vote for, this public health "approach" is obviously a failure but we could have easily guessed that. If it had any chance of success it would have been tried decades ago and likely was with no success.
Does this lady even get how it works?where is Alberta? Next to BC so what happens? Drugs (free thanks to Trudeau/Singh)start trickling into Alberta from BC creating high addiction rates!
The NDP are now losing to the Conservative party in the BC. The situation must be completely off the rails if the NDP lose to the Conservatives.
I'm going to the hospital tonight with 2 cases of beer to make a point.....
what has happened to the women of Israel, Scheer?
Making access easier to addicts doesn't help their situation, it makes it worse. It takes tough choices and hardships to get out of any addiction, not being spoon fed and pampered.
I love how they edited all of Scheer's responses but didn't edit out this liberal nut how is that not choosing sides.
But think of the carbon footprints we're reducing with programs like MAID and the safe drug supply.
Lmfao I picked my neighbor up from jail for possession when he brought up this program the police dented its existence lmfao
CAN YOU STOP THE FLOW OF DRUGS? (ANSWER: NO) CAN YOU STOP DRUG USERS FROM USING? (ANSWER: NO) CAN YOU DECRIMINALIZE DRUG USE AND STOP SENDING ADDICTS TO JAIL? (ANSWER: YES) CAN YOU TAX OTHER DRUGS THE WAY WE DO MARIJUANA (ANSWER: YES)
As well,,,,you have government funded hard drugs leaving BC and headed for Alberta. You know about Carbon Leakage,,,,this is hard drug leakage.
no one cares about Scheer
Yet BC and the Federal Government criminalized weed for so many years. Smoking weed was bad but it was fine to smoke tobacco? Which was and still is the drain on the healthcare system?
most hated person in canada ever jt.
Mr Mackey said it best. "Drugs are bad M'kay"
Never seen this coming. Free dope should have made everyone quit.
October 2025 can't come soon enough.
you'll never be Harper, Scheer.
@howiefeltersnatch7905
3 ай бұрын
What? Lol he's not trying to be nor is he even in the same level of government. Stfu
Lmao I don't even know who that guy is but can already tell he's a typical Liberal see you next tuesday.
Our once beautiful country has become an absolute joke and being run by crackheads!
glad she isn't biased.....
The NDP are already doing it what is wrong with Scheer? We need places for them to use there drugs just not on the street
But just to be clear I can move to bc and smoke meth where ever o want?
re criminalize
That's not Mila Mulroney on TV.
The smile look on paps smeres face. Priceless
"We're not ideologically wedded to anything" 🤣🤣🤣
Smoking crack in the hospital all my dad wanted was his pot and they def did make him feel at the end of his life like a less person the nurse did make drama cause of my Dads pot and he was needing them cause he was on MAID
I am addicted to sugar. Can I get free Chocolate whenever I crave it....please!😂
@AtteliaVel
3 ай бұрын
Sugar is a legal product that you can buy anywhere cheaply
you have to debate wether our border is even currently secure.