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As opioid crisis worsens, Quebec Senator Dalphond targets fentanyl sent through Canada Post

Figures compiled by the Public Health Agency of Canada show that there was a total of 30,843 apparent opioid toxicity deaths between January 2016 and March 2022.

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To be clear: amending Sec. 40 (3) of the CPCA will not end Canada’s opioid epidemic. Far from it. But Bill S-256 is a concrete solution to a significant part of a much larger societal issue—and that’s more than what Pierre Poilievre has proposed thus far.

Poilievre might not have solutions to Canada’s opioid epidemic, but Senator Dalphond does

OpinionBY GEORGE MONASTIRIAKOS

To be clear: amending Sec. 40 (3) of the CPCA will not end Canada’s opioid epidemic. Far from it. But Bill S-256 is a concrete solution to a significant part of a much larger societal issue—and that’s more than what Pierre Poilievre has proposed thus far.

As opioid crisis worsens, Quebec Senator Dalphond targets fentanyl sent through Canada Post

Figures compiled by the Public Health Agency of Canada show that there was a total of 30,843 apparent opioid toxicity deaths between January 2016 and March 2022.

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