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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, November 24, 2016 | 14 Cooking for one is a lot of work. Now I can easily order balanced meals with free delivery! Get delicious, frozen meals, soups and desserts delivered directly to your home. Oakville MP speaks to drug issues at home and in Ottawa by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff Made for Seniors Request your FREE Menu Catalogue Today! 1-844-409-0050 HeartToHomeMeals.ca Free Delivery*. No Obligation. Delicious Choices. *some conditions may apply. As Canada faces a growing opioid crisis, Oakville MP John Oliver says Oakville is not immune. Opioid abuse is happening in communities across Canada, and the emergence of fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more potent than morphine, has heightened the crisis even more so, he told the Oakville Beaver Monday (Nov. 21). Oliver, who is the former president and CEO of Halton Healthcare, rose in the House of Commons Nov. 18 to speak about prescription drug abuse as he presented the Interim Report and Recommendations on the Opioid Crisis in Canada prepared by the federal government's Standing Committee on Health, of which he is a member. The report outlines 38 recommendations, which include altering prescribing Oakville MP John Oliver practices, improving education and providing addiction treatment programs and mental health support. It flagged the need for a national database to track fatal and near fatal overdoses due to opioid use and recommended the government create a national strategy to combat the crisis. Oliver noted more people are expected to die of opioid overdoses in British Columbia alone in 2016 than in all of Canada during the five-year period of 2009-14. It's happening to middleclass Canadians, who have been prescribed opioids for pain control and teens at parties "experimenting with toxic drugs," Oliver told the Beaver. "It's a very dangerous situation and a lot of attention is being put onto it right now across Canada to deal with it," he said. The Standing Committee of Health, Oliver continued, paused its regular work more than two months ago after realizing the rates of addiction, overdoses, and deaths related to illicit drugs and opioids were escalating at an alarming rate across the country. "We interrupted our other work because of the emergency nature of this crisis in Canada and we stopped what we were doing and dedicated ourselves to hearing witnesses and testimony on the crisis and we had people from all jurisdictions see Quelling on p.22 Skyway Jewellers Black Friday Sale! Nov. 25-27 3days Only! All 50% off* Jewellery FREE Lampe Berger Lamp* with purchase of 1L Creme Brûlée fragrance (40.00 plus tax) *Select lamps, while quantities last dOOr craSher 30% off reg. price , Giftware and Sterling Silver Jewellery! *Select items only. 2501 Third Line · Oakville 905.827.0700 · www.skywayjewellers.com