The politics of the toxic drug crisis
Front Burner24 Apr 2025

The politics of the toxic drug crisis

Since 2016, the toxic drug crisis has taken more than 50 thousand Canadian lives.


The Conservative party has promised $200-million a year to fund addictions recovery care for 50,000 people, according to the party's platform. Leader Pierre Poilievre has also vowed to “defund drug dens” – imposing strict new rules for overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites.


Liberal leader Mark Carney has said that his party would review the effectiveness of such sites, while the federal NDP supports them.


So given all of that…who’s left fighting the toxic drug crisis? How did harm reduction programs become so politically unviable? And what does that mean for drug users?


Front Burner senior producer Elaine Chau brings us this documentary from Vancouver – ground zero of an overdose crisis that’s now wreaked havoc across the country.


Make sure to watch our election night livestream on Monday, April 28 starting at 8pm Eastern. You can find it here on the CBC News YouTube channel and on the CBC News TikTok.


For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts


Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(2051)

Quebec's secularism bill praised and denounced as hearings begin

Quebec's secularism bill praised and denounced as hearings begin

This week, hearings were held on Quebec's secularism bill - which aims to ban public workers in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols. There were fiery exchanges: some say the bill ins...

10 Mai 201923min

How humanity put one million species at risk of extinction

How humanity put one million species at risk of extinction

Canadian co-author of the new UN report on extinction, Kai Chan, on how the loss of one species can ripple out to affect an entire ecosystem in ways that we often "don't know until it's too late"

9 Mai 201921min

Taking stock of Doug Ford's spending cuts

Taking stock of Doug Ford's spending cuts

Today on Front Burner, CBC Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley on the cascade of cuts in Doug Ford's Ontario and how they might be felt in the province.

8 Mai 201920min

How the Mark Norman trial could be "a huge political circus"

How the Mark Norman trial could be "a huge political circus"

CBC defence reporter Murray Brewster on the upcoming trial of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, and why it might turn into a political circus, right before the next federal election.

7 Mai 201925min

Huawei exec back in court as China dispute escalates

Huawei exec back in court as China dispute escalates

As Huawei's Meng Whanzou returns to court, CBC Vancouver's Jason Proctor on the repercussions from her arrest in December.

6 Mai 201926min

Who gets to compete as a woman in sports?

Who gets to compete as a woman in sports?

Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya, from South Africa, has lost her appeal against proposed rules from track's governing body that require some female runners to lower their naturally high testoste...

3 Mai 201924min

The push for regime change in Venezuela

The push for regime change in Venezuela

Today on Front Burner - we speak to the CBC's Evan Dyer about an attempt to oust Nicolas Maduro as well as Columbia University Professor, Jeffrey Sachs, who says the United States, and others, need to...

2 Mai 201922min

Liberals under fire for accepting Illegal SNC Lavalin donations

Liberals under fire for accepting Illegal SNC Lavalin donations

Journalist Harvey Cashore on the revelation of SNC Lavalin employees who made illegal campaign donations worth more than $100,000 to the Liberal Party of Canada.

1 Mai 201920min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
forklart
aftenpodden-usa
popradet
stopp-verden
fotballpodden-2
nokon-ma-ga
rss-gukild-johaug
det-store-bildet
dine-penger-pengeradet
hanna-de-heldige
rss-espen-lee-usensurert
rss-ness
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
aftenbla-bla
rss-dannet-uten-piano
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
e24-podden
rss-utenrikskomiteen-med-bogen-og-grasvik