And three cheers for the new Canadian passport! 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Manisha Krishnan

Further reading: 

• Drug fail: The Liberal government’s ‘safer supply’ is fuelling a new opioid crisis – National Post
• Conrad Black: Free hard drugs for addicts a catastrophic Liberal failure – National Post
• Poilievre accuses government of contributing to addiction crisis with drug strategy – National Post
• Yes, Canada’s new passport really is that bad – Globe and Mail

Correction (May 18, 2023): the number of active Safer Supply clients reported by the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre’s 2022 annual report is incorrectly cited in this episode as 58. The correct number is 86.

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