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From YouTube: MAY 10 2023 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
C
You
Mr
Speaker
Mr
Speaker
another
day
in
another
development
in
the
premier's
BC
housing
Scandal
for
almost
half
a
decade.
We
know
that
this
NDP
government
sat
on
a
very
damning
accounting
report
by
The
Firm
BDO
that
sounded
the
alarm
about
the
financial
management
that
was
taking
place
at
BC,
housing
and
atatura.
C
Now,
when
pressured
to
respond
to
a
leaked
report,
last
year,
BC
housing
issued
a
patently
false
statement
that
read
and
I
quote.
The
recommendations
in
the
draft
BDO
report
were
reviewed
and
appropriately
addressed
by
atira
and
BC
housing.
End
of
quote
now.
This
attempt
to
sanitize
the
BDO
report
happened
under
the
premier's
watch,
while
he
was
the
minister
responsible
for
housing
and
despite
the
NDP
government's
best,
attempts
to
cover
up
shift
blame,
try
and
distract.
C
The
fact
is
that
truth
continues
to
rise
to
the
surface,
we're
now
learning
of
a
third
damning
Ernst
young
report
that
was
completed
last
year
and
relates
to
the
former
CEO
of
BC
housing,
a
report
that
has
never
been
made
public
by
this
NDP
government
and
we're
also
hearing
from
former
board
members
of
BC
housing.
This
report
has
been
hidden
behind
the
non-disclosure
agreements,
the
premier
and
former
Minister
responsible
for
housing,
forced
them
all
to
sign.
So
my
question
is:
will
the
premier
make
that
hidden?
D
I
appreciate
the
members
question
I,
thank
them
for
it.
Honorable
speaker,
there's
a
couple
things
I
would
say.
First
off
on
the
BDO
report.
The
member
keeps
repeating
that
that,
for
some
reason,
He
suggests
that
we
would
hide
a
report
that
looks
into
their
time
in
government
right
their
time
in
government
the
BDO
report.
What
he
refers
to
was
done
in
2017
was
looking
at
the
time
when
the
BC
liberals
then
were
in
government.
D
Why
would
we
hide
a
report
that
has
that
information
from
the
public
I
just
it
makes
no
sense
a
little
speaker
now
we
shared
with
the
member
already
in
this
house
honorable
speaker
that
a
report
was
commissioned
by
the
board
at
the
time
it
was
not
shared
with
the
Menace,
the
minister,
that
was
responsible
at
the
time.
The
report,
then
was
a
decision
was
made
by
the
board
that
they
felt
that
there
wasn't
enough
information
to
go
further.
D
Now
we
took
further
steps
on
our
speaker
when
the
premier
came
in
within
three
months
of
coming
into
the
file.
He
realized
wait
a
minute,
there's
some
serious
issues
here.
He
brought
in
Ernest
young
through
the
office
Controller
General.
They
did
an
investigation,
they
said
wait
a
minute.
There's
some
Flags
here,
there's
some
serious
issues
and
we
need
to
take
further
action
and
that's
what
the
premier
did.
Honorable
speaker.
He
took
action
when
he
saw
something
inappropriate
now.
D
What
we
have
learned
and
is
in
2012
issues
were
raised
when
the
BC
liberals
were
in
government
and
at
the
time
the
minister
said,
I
have
no
indication
whatsoever
any
time
that
things
have
been
handled
missed
properly
and
now.
We've
learned
from
through
Global
reporting
that
in
2015
there
was
actually
a
note
sent
to
the
chief
of
staff
for
Rich
Coleman,
the
minister,
who
was
the
minister
for
BC
housing
in
there.
They
identify
conflict
of
interest
issues.
D
In
fact,
the
letter
says
something
is
definitely
not
right
here
and
despite
past
notifications
to
various
parties
of
potential
for
the
CEO
to
be
in
direct
conflict
of
interest,
these
infractions
are
still
occurring.
So
the
question
for
the
member
across
the
West.
What
did
he
do
when
he
had
this
information.
B
C
C
Here
we
are
all
all
on
the
government
dime
money
that
was
misspent
and
misappropriated,
and
she
had
to
pay
it
back,
and
so
it
shouldn't
come
as
a
surprise
that
in
2017
the
government
of
the
day
also
did
a
study
to
find
out
what
was
going
on
at
atira,
and
that
report
did
Cover
the
time
the
member
was
in
office
and
amazingly
enough.
This
damning
report
that
was
ringing
all
kinds
of
alarm
Bells
about
the
missed
spending
at
BC,
housing
and
apparently
at
atira,
and
this
government
sat
on
it
for
almost
five
years.
C
Despite
all
the
empty
talk
in
the
rhetoric.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
that
we,
the
fact
of
the
matter,
is
that
the
minister
feigned
action
yesterday
and
he
said,
and
I
quote
I'm,
quoting
Ray
from
the
minister
yesterday
in
question
period,
I
made
sure
immediately
that
staff
stopped
any
additional
funding.
That
may
be
going
to
atira
end
of
quote
once
again
trying
to
shift
all
the
blame
onto
a
Tyrion.
Now
that
was
a
March
the
6th.
C
Indeed,
we
are
hearing
from
former
board
members
former
board
members
of
BC
housing
who
say
the
complete
story
is
actually
buried
behind
a
wall
of
disclosure
agreements
that
they
force
those
board
members
to
sign
before
firing
their
own
NDP
appointed
board.
So
will
the
minister
since
the
premier
doesn't
answer
questions?
Will
the
minister
at
least
release
the
third
hidden
Ernst
young
report,
suspend
the
gag
orders
on
those
board
members
and
let
the
truth
come
out
for
British
Columbia.
B
B
D
F
D
You
so
much
honorable
speaker
again,
honor
speaker,
we
had
a
forensic
investigation,
a
very
thorough
forensic
investigation
done
by
Ernest
Young
by
the
control
General's
office,
our
speaker
for
the
first
time
in
BC's
history.
A
report
was
released
under
section
25
unredacted,
so
the
public
could
see
all
the
issues
that
Ernest
and
Young
discovered
honorable
speaker
now.
This
is
in
contrast
to
reports
having
Pages
ripped
out
members.
D
Is
in
contrast
to
an
opposition
when
they
were
in
government,
ripping
complete
Pages
out
of
documents,
Auto
speaker
triple
deleting
information
on
speaker.
We
have
taken
a
different
approach.
We
believe
it's
in
the
public
interest
to
have
this
information
released.
What
the
reports
say.
The
report
said
that
there
was
a
former
CEO
of
BC.
Housing
was
Finding
ways
to
ensure
that
dollars
went
to
his
Partners,
not-for-profit
honorable
speaker,
going
out
of
his
way
going
out
of
his
way
to
ensure
sure
that
no
one
could
be
able
to
see
what
he
did
on
speaker.
G
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
the
whole
time,
and
this
is
about
this
government's
actions
and
this
government's
decisions
around
BC
housing
in
atira
and
the
whole
time
that
they've
been
in
government
they've,
received
the
2018
BDO
report
that
they
tried
to
bury
that
showed
that
there
was
serious
concerns
of
the
Terra.
There
was
a
second
eui
report
that
came
out
that
showed
serious
concerns
enough
to
trigger
a
forensic
audit
by
ey
as
well,
and
now
there's
this
buried
third
report
as
well
all
pointing
to
a
terrorist.
So
what
did
this
government
do?
G
Mr
Speaker
as
they
handled
that
they
put
their
hand,
appointed
board
in
place
of
BC
housing
and,
at
the
same
time,
they
made
sure
all
their
friends
and
insiders
at
atira
saw
a
tripling
of
their
funding
and
who
were
their
friends
and
insiders.
This
is
the
Judgment
of
this
government.
Mr
Speaker,
their
hand-picked
candidate
in
the
Vancouver
quotient
of
by-election,
was
on
that
same
board.
That
was
already
having
serious
questions
raised
to
this
government
about
the
handling
of
public
funds
of
detera.
G
Oh,
they
then
much
to
our
surprise
as
we
peel
back
the
onion
Mr
Speaker
find
out
that
the
forest
Minister's
spouse
is
on
the
board
of
vetera
as
well
talk
about
friends
and
insiders
at
a
time
that
this
Premier
won't
explain
how
the
tripling
of
funds
to
an
agency
under
non-stop
bad
reports
is
being
looked
at
today.
We
also
learned
that
the
government
will
not
be
scrutinizing
the
for-profit
property
management
arm
of
Akira,
a
central
player
in
the
premier's
BC
housing
Scandal.
G
No,
the
premier's
choice
to
exclude
it
to
your
property
management
or
apmi
from
his
critical
review.
Mr
Speaker
is
deeply
troubling.
Apmi
is
responsible
for
managing
SRO
hotels
such
as
the
Columbia
hotel,
the
Buchan
hotel
and
burns
block
properties
acquired
under
this
premier's
tenure
when
he
was
the
housing.
Minister
apmi
also
managed
the
ill-fated
Winters
Hotel
Mr
Speaker,
where
faulty
Sprinklers
and
empty
fire
extinguishers
contributed
to
a
fatal
fire
a
year
ago.
That
claimed
two
lives,
but
nothing
but
evasion
from
this
Premier
and
this
Government
after
numerous
concealed
reports
and
cover-ups.
D
Thank
you
so
much,
there's
so
many
things
factually
incorrect
in
that
member
statement.
Again.
I,
don't
know
where
to
start
so,
but
I
will
I
will
start
with
the
first
important
piece,
which
is
the
the
minister
of
forests,
has
acted
with
great
integrity
in
this
entire
process.
He
has
himself
recused
himself
from
any
conversation
that
pertains
to
Terra
honorable
speaker.
D
Not
only
has
he
done
that
he
hasn't
spoken
to
me
about
a
single
issue,
since
this
whole
thing
has
come
forward
and
that's
the
type
of
Integrity
that
we
were
hoping
that
the
former
CEO
of
BC
housing
would
have
had
honorable
speaker,
because
if
that
had
been
done,
if
conflict
of
interest
rules
there
had
been
followed,
we
wouldn't
have
to
have
the
forensic
investigation.
We
wouldn't
have
to
have
the
information
that
we
have
here
now.
The
members
across
the
way
know
that
they
also
have
connections
to
people
on
the
board
of
Terra.
D
The
leader
of
the
opposition,
former
colleague,
is
the
chair
of
of
of
a
terror
board
and
so
I
think
it's
important
to
know
before
we
throw
rocks
on
our
speaker
that
the
issue
at
the
core
of
this
report-
Arnold
speaker
the
issue
at
the
core
of
this
report.
Arnold
speaker,
is
a
former
CEO
of
BC
housing
using
his
power
to
try
to
get
additional
contact
Direct
awards
given
to
his
partner
who's,
the
CEO
of
Tara.
This
is
where
the
issue
is.
D
D
We
will
be
freezing
new
additional
funds
that
go
to
them,
but
at
the
same
time,
honor
speaker
what's
vitally
important-
is
that
the
most
vulnerable
people
that
the
organizations
support
will
continue
to
get
the
support
they
need
because
in
the
end,
The
Honorable
speaker,
that's
what
should
matter
most,
not
the
political
back
and
forth,
but
the
people
who
need
the
support.
The
most.
B
G
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
well,
the
the
minister
likes
to
talk
tough
in
here,
but
last
I
checked
the
friends
and
insiders
of
the
board
of
vetera
keep
telling
us
this
Minister
and
this
Premier
to
go
away
they're
going
to
do
whatever
they
want.
They're,
not
changing
how
they
do
business,
because
they've
done
nothing
wrong
apparently,
and
Mr.
G
Speaker
I
would
also
point
out
to
the
minister
that
it's
this
Premier
in
this
government
that
is
actually
in
charge
and
they're
the
ones
that
actually
have
been
approving
the
money,
we're
not
the
decision
makers
on
this
side
right
now,
news
flash!
It's
your
decision
making
that's
in
question
here!
Well,
as
you
triple
the
dollars
going
to
atira,
while
they've
been
under
a
cloud,
the
whole
time
you've
been
in
government
Mr
Speaker
once
again,
based
on
these
answers,
we're
seeing
further
attempts
by
the
premier
to
cover
up
this
BC
housing
Scandal.
G
The
damning
28
2018
report
from
BDO
explicitly
warned
of
the
financial
mismanagement
at
both
atira
and
their
fully
owned
subsidiary
apmi.
To
quote
directly
from
the
report.
Apmi
receives
80
percent
of
the
gross
monthly
payment
received
by
atira
from
BC
housing.
80
percent
Mr
Speaker.
So
when
the
premier
concealed
these
reports
and
then
tripled
the
funding
to
appear
at
the
same
time,
80
percent
of
that
tripling
was
funneled
to
the
profit-driven
subsidiary
apmi.
G
That's
this
government's
decision
making
Mr
Speaker.
Yet,
instead
of
initiating
a
thorough
and
transparent
investigation
into
the
group
implicated
in
the
Fatal
Winters
Hotel
fire,
the
premier
is
shielding
this
portion
from
Matera
from
Total
scrutiny.
Can
the
premier
tell
the
victims
of
the
Winter's
Hotel
fire
why
they
aren't
entitled
to
a
comprehensive
investigation
into
the
finances
of
atira
and
all
of
its
subsidiaries.
D
Thank
you
so
much,
and
there
are,
there
were
two
victims
in
that
fire
and
I
know
that's
heavy
on
everyone's
Hearts
and
and
I
know
right
now
that
there
is
a
court
case
happening
and
so
I
can't
comment
any
more
on
that
matter.
But
I
I
will
say
honorable
speaker
that
it's
important
for
the
record
to
note
that,
during
the
pandemic,
funding
for
not-for-profits
to
provide
support
for
the
most
vulnerable
people
were
increased.
There's
no
we're
not
denying
that,
because
that
was
vitally
important
on
the
speaker
that
saved
lives.
D
D
D
Speaker,
it's
it's
important.
This
is
an
important
point.
I
mean
this
is
an
important
topic.
I
assume
the
members
want
to
hear
answers
heckling
the
entire
time
when
we're
having
an
important
conversation
does
not
help
this
conversation
almost
because
this
is
a
serious
report,
and
so
it's
important
for
members
to
have
the
detail.
Money
gets
funded
to
BC
housing.
They
make
decisions
on
not-for-profits
that
can
provide
that
support
I.
Maybe
it
was
different
when
they
were
in
government,
maybe
they
directly
awarded
contracts
to
not-for-profits?
That's
not
what
happens
here.
D
Please
continue.
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
The
report
lays
out
clearly
on
all
speaker
that
the
CEO
of
BC
housing,
the
former
cobc
housing,
went
out
of
his
way
to
direct
staff
to
direct
reward
contracts
to
his
spouse's,
not-for-profit.
That
is
at
the
core
of
the
issue.
Here.
The
issue
isn't
additional
dollars
going
to
helping
the
most
vulnerable
people.
I
know.
Members
across
both
sides
supported
additional
dollars
to
go
to
support
the
most
vulnerable.
Well,
we
didn't
support
honorable
speaker
is
decisions
being
made
behind
without
procurement
processes
going
directly
to
the
CEO's
partner?
H
You
honorable
speaker,
good
to
hear
about
the
concern
over
direct
award
no
bid
contracts.
Hopefully
this
government
will
look
into
the
430
million
at
site.
C,
that's
been
direct
awarded
with
no
bids.
My
question
not
on
that
topic,
honorable
speaker
through
you,
is
to
the
premier.
Does
the
premier
believe
that
workers
in
this
province
should
be
paid
a
living
wage.
I
Attack
the
the
member
for
for
her
question.
It
is
important
because
everyone
on
this
side
of
the
house,
respect
workers,
they
respect
their
right
to
earn
a
good
living.
F
I
I
Percent
the
highest
visor
in
this
province
when
we
form
government,
we
appointed
a
fair
wages
Commission,
they
came
back
with
the
after
Consulting
with
communities
Consulting
with
liver
activists
Consulting
with
businesses,
especially
small
businesses,
came
back
and
recommended
that
the
minimum
wage
should
go
up
to
15
an
hour
over
four
year
period.
That's
what
we
did.
After
four
years,
minimum
wage
went
to
15.20
cents,
Mr
Speaker
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
that
was
the
highest
of
all
provinces
in
this
country.
I
Then
we
said
that
the
minimum
wage
should
be
tied
to
the
rate
of
inflation.
We
did
that
last
year,
but
2.8
percent,
because
that
was
the
inflation
the
previous
year.
We
did
that
again
this
year,
6.9
percent
increase,
because
that
was
the
inflation
rate
for
last
year.
Again
this
is
the
highest
of
all
provinces
in
the
country.
We're
really
proud
of
that.
H
Honorable
speaker,
I
was
actually
asking
about
living
wages,
but
let's
look
at
workers
in
this
province
who
provide
essential
Public
Services.
As
we
speak,
a
Transit
strike
in
the
Fraser
Valley
is
entering
its
seventh
week.
Thousands
of
people
have
been
unable
to
use
public
transit
to
get
to
work
or
school.
Fraser
Valley
residents
are
frustrated,
but
people
understand
the
plight
of
these
Transit
workers.
Bus
drivers
in
the
Fraser
Valley
make
32
percent
less
than
those
in
neighboring
regions.
H
They
often
work
long
standby
hours
for
which
they
receive
less
than
three
dollars
an
hour,
and
they
have
no
Pension
Plan
workers
are
underpaid
and
overworked,
and
so
they're
on
the
picket
line,
asking
for
fair
wages
and
fair
treatment.
This
is
what
happens
when
governments
Outsource
public
operations
to
for-profit
corporations
without
any
safeguards.
H
Although
the
buses
in
the
Fraser
Valley
are
owned
by
BC
Transit,
they
are
operated
by
a
private
company
and
that
company
is
nickel
and
diming
its
workers.
The
employer,
hasn't
stepped
up
to
negotiate
and
the
government
has
remained
silent.
Public
operations
should
be
publicly
run.
My
question
through
you,
honorable
speaker,
is
to
the
premier.
J
Very
much
Mr
speaker,
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
We
are
urging
all
the
parties
involved
in
this
dispute,
both
First
Transit
and
the
union
representing
the
workers
who
are
in
a
legal
strike
position
and
are
on
the
picket
lines
to
get
back
to
the
table.
The
minister
of
Labor
has
offered
on
a
number
of
occasions
the
expertise
of
a
mediator
to
assist
the
two
parties
to
get
back
to
the
negotiating
table
so
far.
There
is
no
agreement
between
the
two
parties
to
do
that.
J
We
continue
to
believe
that
the
solutions
both
on
pay
and
working
conditions
that
the
union
wishes
to
pursue
are
best
remedied
at
the
bargaining
table.
That
is
how
unions
recently
in
the
transit
sector,
achieved
good
Collective
agreements
here
in
Greater
Victoria,
for
example.
Just
last
month,
Metro
Vancouver
TransLink
workers
have
also
recently
achieved
a
Collective
Agreement,
and
so
has
these
identical
contractor.
That's
involved
as
the
employer
in
this
dispute
achieve
Collective
agreements
with
employees
in
Kelowna
and
other
communities
That's
the
Way
Forward
at
the
bargaining
table.
J
J
B
K
You
Mr
Speaker,
it's
not
just
the
BC
housing
Scandal,
where
the
premier
is
failing.
British
Columbians.
After
a
year
of
fierce
resistance
by
parents,
the
premier
claimed
to
have
paused
his
unilateral
plan
to
centralize
services
for
children
with
disabilities,
but
despite
his
clear
promise
to
co-develop
the
path
forward
with
parents,
we
hear
from
parents
feeling
dismissed,
overlooked
and
completely
disregarded
by
this
government.
Last
week
we
heard
from
the
First
Nations
Leadership
Council,
raising
the
same
concerns.
K
In
the
face
of
this
lack
of
meaningful
engagement,
parents
and
professionals
have
stepped
up
to
craft
a
comprehensive
plan
for
better
Services.
They
call
it
the
PNP
plan.
It's
based
on
lived
experience,
Cutting,
Edge,
research
and
years
of
work
serving
these
children.
It
offers
a
principled
approach
to
diagnosis,
individualized
funding
for
all
children
with
disability
days
and
addresses
critical
barriers
to
access.
This
plan
was
shared
Mr
Speaker
with
this
government
two
months
ago,
and
nothing
has
been
heard
back
to
those
parents,
so
Mr
Speaker.
E
Again,
we
have
made
a
very
strong
commitment
to
broader
and
deeper
engagement,
and
so
we
will
continue
doing
that.
Honorable
speaker,
that's
with
families
with
stakeholders
with
Advocates
with
people
with
lived
experience.
We
also
will
be
engaging
with
indigenous
rights
and
title
holders
to
meet
the
standards
of
the
Declaration
act
as
well.
Honorable
speaker,
I've
met
with
the
disability
collaborative
there
were
17
groups
represented
on
there.
I
continue
to
meet
with
agencies.
I
met
with
an
agency
today
and
I
continue
to
meet
with
families
and
other
stakeholders
as
well.
We've
made
that
commitment.
E
We
will
continue
listening
to
the
experiences,
the
knowledge
and
the
expertise
of
people
from
the
sector
and
from
the
field,
because,
honorable
speaker,
we
know
that
even
today,
still
too
many
children
are
being
left
behind.
We
need
to
build
a
better
system
that
will
be
informed
by
people
with
experience
and
knowledge
and
will
also
be
informed
by
the
evaluation
of
four
pilot
family
connection
centers.
We
know
that
we
need
to
make
improvements
to
the
system
because
we
we
need
to
match
up
services
to
Children's
unique
needs
as
early
as
possible.
E
L
L
The
crises
are
mounting
in
the
province
and
in
fact,
Health
Care
continues
to
get
worse
in
communities
right
across
this
province.
We
still
have
long
emergency
weight
room
times
and
hallway
medicine
this
week.
In
fact,
we
had
an
urgent
Memo
from
Dr
Jeff
plant
and
he
urged
patients
to
actually
bypass
Langley,
Memorial
Hospital.
Why,
due
to
the
dire
and
near
catastrophic
situation
in
the
emergency
department,
this
is
a
highly
respected
physician
who
says
very
sick
patients
are
being
warehoused
for
days
in
the
emergency
department.
L
This
is
the
same
Hospital
in
which
Sonia
Portillo
nearly
bled
to
death
in
a
hallway
overnight.
So
after
six
years,
two
terms
under
this
NDP
government,
how
many
more
patients
must
endure
unbearable
suffering?
Having
doctors
say,
don't
go
to
that
hospital.
How
much
longer
before
British
Colombians
deserve
the
health
care
that
they
need
and
expect.
M
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and,
first
of
all,
I
would
say
that
the
doctors,
the
nurses,
all
Sciences
professionals,
the
healthcare
workers
at
Langley,
Memorial
Hospital,
have
done
an
extraordinary
job
that
today,
in
British
Columbia,
there
are
in
our
acute
care
hospitals
across
BC
9804
patients
inpatient
in
our
Province
and
our
Health.
Care
Professionals
and
workers
are
doing
exceptional,
exceptional
work
with
respect
to
Langley
we're
taking
specific
actions,
because
this
is
an
issue
in
particular
with
hospitalists
at
Langley
Memorial
Hospital,
and
we
are
engaging
them
in
discussions
around
their
contract
and
I.
M
Believe
those
discussions
and
they'll
continue
on
Friday
honorable
speaker.
It
will
lead
to
a
positive
result.
In
addition
to
that,
we're
taking
specific
actions
now
at
Langley,
Memorial
Hospital,
a
group
of
family
physicians
in
the
Langley
area,
has
been
signed
to
a
contract
honorable
speaker
to
take
over
a
responsibility
for
patients
at
the
hospital.
Other
significant
actions
are
being
taken
as
we
work
with
all
of
those
at
the
hospital
family,
doctors,
nurses,
Health
Sciences
professionals
and
indeed
hospitalists,
who
have
been
raising
significant
issues
about
the
hospital.
M
M
B
A
You,
honorable
speaker,
it's
not
only
the
premier's
housing,
Scandal,
struggling
families
and
the
lack
of
basic
health
care
that
are
unfolding
disasters.
When
we
raised
concerns
about
the
so-called
safe
Supply
drugs
being
diverted
from
vending
machines
in
the
downtown
east
side,
the
government
dismissed
our
warnings.
A
However,
a
post-media
investigation
now
confirms
that
the
diversion
of
publicly
supplied,
addictive
drugs
to
the
streets
has
reached
such
alarming
levels
that
the
street
price
of
hydromorphone,
the
primary
opioid
handed
out
at
safer
Supply
sites,
has
Plum
plummeted
by
an
incredible
95
percent.
Diverted
safe
Supply
pills
that
used
to
sell
for
ten
dollars.
A
pill
are
now
being
sold
for
as
low
as
25
cents
a
pill
around
vgh
and
downtown
because
of
this
government's
flooding
of
the
market.
A
Unsurprisingly,
doctors
are
reporting
a
disturbing
rise
in
the
number
of
youths
with
new
onset
opioid
use
disorder
and
an
increasing
number
of
Youth
overdoses
in
hospitals
involving
hydromorphone.
Can
the
premier
confirm
that
specialists
in
addiction,
medicine
are
so
alarmed
by
the
consequences
of
hydromorphone
and
safe
Supply?
That
they've
ceased
prescribing
it
and
they
are
now
withdrawing
their
patients
from
it.
N
Thank
you
very
much,
honorable
speaker
and
I.
Just
I
I
want
to
be
clear
about
the
about
the
federal
program
that
operates
dispensing
machines
that
are
operated
by
biometric
markers
in
order
to
provide
access
to
those
individuals
who
have
prescriptions
for
for
for
safer,
safer
supplies
and
I
understand
that
Health
Canada
is
is,
is
monitoring
and
evaluating
the
practices.
N
With
respect
to
to
that
program,
I
I
would
say
that
we
that,
with
respect
to
diversion
diversion,
is
certainly
something
that
our
Public
Health
officials
are
looking
at
as
part
of
the
evaluation
of
our
prescribed,
safer,
Supply
programs
and
I
know
that
Health
authorities
work
very
closely
with
prescribers
with
pharmacists
in
order
to
Monitor
and
monitor
that
situation
and
evaluate
evaluate
that
situation
is
certainly
part
of
the
of
the
evaluation
process.