House Votes Down Tory Motion Calling on Gov’t to Drop Safe Supply Drug Program

House Votes Down Tory Motion Calling on Gov’t to Drop Safe Supply Drug Program
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 25, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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The Liberals, NDP, and Bloc Québécois joined forces Monday in voting down a Conservative motion calling on the government to immediately reverse a number of its hard-drug policies outlined in the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy, namely its safe-supply drug programs.

The motion, which Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre introduced on May 18, was voted down 209-113, with the three members of the Green Party and two independent MPs also voting against it.