Motion Demanding Release of Gov’t ‘Safe Supply’ Drug Contracts Averted in Liberal-Dominated Committee

Methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine from a safe supply being handed out to drug users to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, are displayed in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Aug. 31, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Liberal MPs delayed a vote on a motion in a House of Commons committee that would demand information from the federal government on contracts for “safer supply” drugs, saying the motion could waste time because such contracts may not exist.

The motion before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) calls for the committee to audit all federal contracts and agreements on the purchase, acquisition, or transfer of safer supply drugs like hydromorphone since January 1, 2016.