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Clement asks about government funding for opioid crisis

Tony Clement may have asked his last question on Parliament Hill.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Pam Damoff

Yesterday the Parry Sound-Muskoka MP posed a question about the opioid crisis to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Pam Damoff.

It was Clement’s only scheduled question for the current sitting of the house. With an election coming and summer break looming, it may have been the last query by the independent MP. Last week he announced he will not run for re-election.

“In my own riding, there have been 600 visits for opioid poisonings last year.  Which is a 30 per cent increase over the previous year,” Clement started off. “And just last week the Town of Bracebridge is looking at declaring a state of emergency.

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“When will this government start funding treatment to help addicts conquer their dependency on this terrible life-destroying drug.”

Damoff responded by indicating the government is deeply concerned about the impact of the opioid crisis in Canada.

“We’ve responded by investing over $350 million in emergency response, much of it in treatment, restoring harm reduction and cutting red tape and removing barriers to treatment,” she said. “This is a medical issue and not a moral one and we will continue to do all we can to save lives.”

 

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