On Wednesday June 1, I spoke in the Manitoba Legislature at third reading on Bill 234 which makes the first Sunday in May Drug-Related Death Bereavement Day.
Bill 234–The Drug-Related Death Bereavement Day Act
Hon. Jon Gerrard (River
Heights): Madam Speaker, I rise to support this bill.
It is a significant bill and I think helps us not only to help those who
have lost loved ones with a day that is set aside specifically to
remember those who are gone. But it is also, I think, is important in that it
will provide a day that will bring more attention to the need for better action
to end the tragedies of Manitobans who are dying from overdoses.
It has
been terrible, what has happened in the last few years, the increases [in deaths from overdoses], and
hopefully someday we will reach a time when we will eliminate these terrible
tragedies and be able to much better prevent overdose deaths. I look forward to
being part of a movement which will bring in changes, which will drastically
reduce and hopefully completely end these tragedies which result in so much
loss of life and so much loss of potential and so much grief for so many loved
ones.
Thank
you, Madam Speaker.
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