Poilievre said a government under his leadership would join an existing B.C. lawsuit seeking to extract damages from pharmaceutical companies.
OTTAWA—A Conservative government would attempt to recover billions of dollars in damages from drug makers and others linked to the toxic drug crisis that kills thousands of people a year, leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday.
Taking on the toxic drug crisis as a political pressure point is a relatively new tactic for Poilievre, but one his party sees as crucial to address, given the issue’s resonance with so many Canadians. More than 20 years ago, U.S. officials began warning that opioid-based painkillers were highly addictive, and began chastising the companies making them for aggressive marketing tactics that ultimately were leading to rising numbers of addictions, illness and deaths.
“Putting more drugs on our streets makes for higher overdoses and more crime,” he said Tuesday. “What we need to do is give people the hope for a drug free life by putting our resources into recovery and treatment programs.”
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