In response to the national opioid crisis, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health consulted a range of stakeholders, including federal and provincial government representatives, health care professionals, addiction experts, emergency frontline responders, representatives of First Nations communities and individuals with lived experience in substance abuse and addiction. These witnesses outlined specific ways to address this opioid crisis and implored the Committee to make recommendations that would lead to concrete action. Through their stories, the Committee also heard first-hand the extent and depth of suffering of those most directly affected by the opioid crisis. This is the report of those consultations.
