‘Hold China accountable’ for fentanyl, Andrew Scheer says

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal government needs to “hold China accountable” for the flow of illicit fentanyl that has fuelled Canada’s opioid crisis.

Speaking to municipal leaders at a convention in Quebec City, the opposition leader said opioid addiction and overdoses are both a health problem and a public-safety problem, and part of the solution is to restrict the supply.

Chinese labs are thought to be the source of much of the powdered form of the synthetic drug that has displaced less potent opioids in Canada’s street-drug supply.