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‘Biggest drug dealer’: Ontario premier Doug Ford blasts Trudeau government over injection sites

While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Doug Ford said about Trudeau's lax drug policies, 'As far as I’m concerned, the federal government is the biggest drug dealer in the entire country.'

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Anthony Murdoch

• Aug 23, 2024Aug 26, 2024

City of Toronto asks Trudeau gov’t to decriminalize hard drugs despite policy’s failure in BC

Toronto city officials appealed to the Trudeau government to legalize all quantities of crack, cocaine, heroin, meth, and other hard drugs, despite warnings that it will bring increased chaos and violence to the city.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• May 2, 2024May 3, 2024

Canadian homeless activist tells MPs to consider decriminalizing drug trafficking in tent cities

'Suggestions for government included… decriminalizing drug possession for personal use as well as the sharing or selling of drugs for subsistence to support personal drug use costs,' reads an activist's report provided to MPs.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023

Canada’s sharp rise in overdose deaths coincides with Trudeau government’s lax policy on hard drugs

According to a Statistics Canada report, 'deaths caused by accidental poisonings accounted for 7,006 deaths in 2021, an increase of 31.9 percent compared with 2020.'

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Anthony Murdoch

• Sep 1, 2023Sep 5, 2023

Virginia factory worker Oliver Anthony goes viral with anti-establishment hit ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’

Oliver Anthony’s conservative, blue-collar anthem has generated millions of views and topped the iTunes chart.

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Ashley Sadler

• Aug 12, 2023Apr 22, 2024

British Columbia breaks new overdose records one month after decriminalizing all drugs

Overdoses continue to skyrocket in B.C. seven years after the province declared the drug epidemic a public health emergency.

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Jack Bingham

• Apr 14, 2023Apr 14, 2023

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre condemns liberal hard drugs policy making Vancouver ‘hell on earth’

The federal government is allowing individuals to possess up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs despite record-breaking overdose deaths in British Columbia.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Feb 2, 2023

‘Deadlier than COVID’: Ontario politician slams Ford gov’t over new lockdowns

‘Ending the lockdown is the single greatest thing we can do for the health and wellbeing of Ontarians,’ said Ontario politician Roman Barber.

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Jack Bingham

• Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022

More than 100,000 Americans killed by drug overdoses in one year during COVID, CDC reports

The U.S. suffered the highest number of overdose deaths in history between April 2020 and April 2021, according to new CDC data.

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Raymond Wolfe

• Nov 19, 2021

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‘Biggest drug dealer’: Ontario premier Doug Ford blasts Trudeau government over injection sites

City of Toronto asks Trudeau gov’t to decriminalize hard drugs despite policy’s failure in BC

Canada’s sharp rise in overdose deaths coincides with Trudeau government’s lax policy on hard drugs

Virginia factory worker Oliver Anthony goes viral with anti-establishment hit ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’

British Columbia breaks new overdose records one month after decriminalizing all drugs

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre condemns liberal hard drugs policy making Vancouver ‘hell on earth’

‘Deadlier than COVID’: Ontario politician slams Ford gov’t over new lockdowns

More than 100,000 Americans killed by drug overdoses in one year during COVID, CDC reports