I will be very brief with the committee's time.
This is a critical section of the bill. We are proposing an amendment that is similar to NDP-1 with respect to broadening the language and ensuring that the opioid crisis is treated as a public health crisis and not a criminal one. Additionally, it recognizes in the diversion measures the fact that Black, indigenous and other racialized communities have been disproportionately affected by the criminal sanctions imposed in respect of the possession of drugs.