Canada Is Dying | Full Movie

The Downtown East Side of Vancouver

In this section, the speaker talks about the dangerous conditions in the downtown east side of Vancouver and questions why citizens should have to live in such risk.

Living in an Open Prison Yard

• The downtown east side of Vancouver is third world.

• We live in a open prison yard.

• Other citizens have rights as well.

• You have a right not to inhale secondhand crystal meth smoke.

Inmates Running the Asylum

• It's really a case of the inmates running the asylum.

• What is happening to Canada?

Drug Use and Addiction in Canada

This section discusses how drug use has become more prevalent and visible in Canada, leading to increased violence and addiction. The speaker poses questions about potential solutions.

A Devastating Battle with Addiction

• A country once considered immune from the most appalling displays of homelessness and chaos has become an epicenter for shocking, violent, and at times, random attacks as drug use has burst into the open.

• And a devastating battle with addiction has literally left tens of thousands of Canadians dead.

Potential Solutions

• Do we simply need a so-called safe supply of toxic drugs?

• Should more provinces follow the lead of BC and decriminalize fentanyl, meth, and cocaine?

• Or is it time to put victims first, crack down on crime, and get addicts the help and treatment they so desperately need?

• I hate the word safe supply because you would probably think it was safe to take.

The Industrialization of Addiction

In this section, the speaker discusses how drug use is creating more addicts and leading to neglect and capital punishment in the streets.

Creating More Addicts

• Most people who are using this have never tried drugs before this.

• It's definitely creating a lot more addicts than there were before.

Neglect and Capital Punishment

• What we're doing now is almost capital punishment in our streets by neglect.

• This is like the industrialization of addiction.

Increase in Violent Crime in Canada

This section discusses the increase in violent crime across Canada, leaving many Canadians anxious and concerned.

A Deadly Trend

• Canada is dying.

• Are once safe city streets increasingly defined by chaos, robberies, assaults, homicides, reckless and random violence with no regard for age, gender, or, in some cases, apparent motivation of any kind?

• A deadly trend that since 2015 has seen violent crime in Canada increase 32%.

Fear for Safety

• According to a recent poll, 64% of Canadians feel crime and violence have been getting worse.

• In Vancouver, 40% of residents now report living in fear for their safety on a daily basis.

Stranger Attacks Across Canada

This section discusses stranger attacks across Canada that have increased over time.

Terrifying Trend Known as Stranger Attacks

• All part of a terrifying trend known as stranger attacks which have increased 35% in Vancouver last year alone.

Not Exclusive to Vancouver

• But these shocking violent and random attacks are no longer exclusive to Vancouver.

Murder of Gabrielle Magalhaes

This section discusses the murder of Gabrielle Magalhaes in Toronto, which left many residents feeling unsafe.

Murder of Gabrielle Magalhaes

• Toronto police say 16-year-old Gabrielle Magalhaes was sitting on a bench at this Toronto subway station Saturday evening when a man approached him unprovoked.

• Magalhaes was stabbed. He was rushed to hospital but died not long after.

• It's very unsafe. I live in here for many years and that is the worst year I see this Toronto. That is the worst year.

• And when you see something like that, you feel in shock because you never know what is coming.

Safety Concerns

• No child should die like that. No adult should die like that.

• This is sheer sloppiness from the government.

• Yeah. It goes without saying that everybody should feel safe and not have to get on the subway platform with fear of getting stabbed.

The Impact of Crime on Communities

A former chief of police discusses the impact of crime on communities, particularly in relation to public transit. A mother shares her personal experience with losing her son to a violent crime and the shortcomings of the justice system.

Fear and Normalization

• The transit system is essential for many people, but fear caused by crime has reduced ridership.

• Normalizing disorder and crime can lead to exponential increases in these issues.

• Violent crimes have a lasting impact on victims, bystanders, and families.

Failures of the Justice System

• A mother shares her experience with losing her son to a random stabbing by an individual with over 50 criminal convictions.

• Repeat violent offenders are being released back into society too often.

• Sentences for violent crimes are often inadequate, such as in the case where a murderer received only eight years in prison.

• Statutory release after two-thirds of a sentence allows dangerous repeat offenders back onto the streets.

Prolific Offenders

• Prolific offenders are responsible for a majority of serious criminal violence across Canada.

• These offenders are consistently arrested and released, leading to frustration among law enforcement officials.

Crime Wave in Nanaimo

The crime rate has increased significantly in Nanaimo, Victoria, Kelowna and other smaller municipalities. Residents are feeling unsafe due to the rise in violent crimes such as stabbings, shootings, and assaults.

Increase in Crime Rate

• Recent numbers show severe crime up 44% here in Nanaimo.

• The crime wave has affected much smaller municipalities including Victoria, Kelowna and the once peaceful Vancouver Island city of Nanaimo.

Rise in Violent Crimes

• It's gone from where we just had people freaking out, yelling and screaming to needles to knives being used to machetes.

• A man came out of nowhere grabbing her by the throat and when she screamed for him to get off of her he proceeded to grab her breath.

• We've had a bow and arrow that had a needle on it just a few weeks ago that was going to be aimed at somebody and shot with that needle on the end of it.

• I saw right over there a guy swinging around a machete.

Residents' Safety Concerns

• "I don't feel safe. It's the first time I carry a knife. Now I will pull this and it's an alarm for me to feel safe," says Kevin Shaw, an outspoken and longtime Nanaimo resident who's fed up with the skyrocketing crime

and violence plaguing his hometown.

• Among the downtown residents feeling less safe is Brian Rice. "Yeah, many times. At one point, it was like literally every six weeks I was having a break-in."

• "We want to feel safe to come down to our downtown. We don't want to have it taken and run over."

Frustration with the Justice System

The justice system is frustrating police officers who are increasingly feeling handcuffed by a system that simply isn't allowing them to do their jobs.

Repeat Offenders

• As an adult, Ty has been criminally convicted more than 110 times.

• This small group of repeat offenders have frustrated police not only in Nanaimo but across the country.

Frustration with the Justice System

• Police officers are frustrated by the amount of time it takes to get a charge before the courts and find that individual has been released and committed another crime.

• If this is your 50th or conviction for shoplifting, B&E, theft of auto, the chances of you actually going to jail for any significant time is almost nothing. Zero.

• "Many of us got into the police force to fight crime, to protect our communities," says a police officer. "And he says we spent our time babysitting criminals."

The Impact of Bill C-75 and Bill C-5 on the Criminal Justice System

In this section, the speaker discusses how Bill C-75 and Bill C-5 have impacted the criminal justice system in Canada.

Changes to Mandatory Minimum Penalties

• Since 2015, individuals charged with serious offenses have been gaming the system.

• In 2022, Bill C-5 was passed which removed mandatory minimum penalties for 14 significant criminal offenses.

• Since the passage of Bill C-75, judges are required to consider release as the opening position for any individual regardless of circumstance or offense.

Increase in Crime Rates

• Since the passage of Bill C-75, violent crimes committed by those out on bail have increased by more than 400% in Windsor alone.

• Individuals arrested for violent offenses who were subsequently released were involved in 26 homicides and more than 2100 assaults in Edmonton alone.

Criticisms of Bills

• Critics argue that some members of the community should not be granted bail due to their history of violence.

• Judges are granting bail 75% of the time to individuals charged with committing a violent offense who were already out on bail for another criminal charge.

Frustrations with Current Criminal Justice System

In this section, the speaker expresses his frustrations with how current laws and policies are affecting law enforcement's ability to prevent crime.

Lowered Standards for Judicial Interim Release

• The passing of Bill C-75 has made it easier for violent repeat offenders to get bail.

• The speaker expresses frustration with the fact that individuals with a history of crime are repeatedly released on bail, allowing them to continue committing crimes.

Inability to Prevent Crime

• The speaker expresses frustration with the inability of law enforcement to prevent crime due to current laws and policies.

• Law enforcement officers are frustrated by the fact that they cannot prevent criminals from reoffending due to current laws and policies.

Controversial Legislation

• Bill C-75 has been controversial due to its impact on judicial interim release and the discretion of judges.

• Bill C-5 has also been controversial due to its removal of mandatory minimum penalties for serious criminal offenses.

Indigenous Identity and Criminal Justice

Retired VPD officer Curtis Robinson disagrees with the NDP government's approach of not pursuing criminal charges against indigenous offenders. He believes that everyone should be subject to the same rules, regardless of their ethnicity. The justice system should apply the law equally to all Canadians.

• There shouldn't be two sets of laws in Canada, one for different ethnic backgrounds.

• Releasing violent criminals just because of their ethnic background can boomerang back to hurt those very same Canadians the most.

• When a justice system can no longer prevent criminals from committing crimes or provide victims with restitution, individuals often feel forced to take matters into their own hands.

Personal Experience with Crime

Clint Smith, a small business owner from Nanaimo, shares his experience dealing with property crime and being shot by an attacker who was later released on bail.

• Clint went down to retrieve his stolen property himself and ended up getting shot by his attacker.

• Clint spent five days in a medically induced coma and underwent three surgeries.

• His attacker had already been released on bail four days after Clint woke up from his coma.

• This shocking story has galvanized the community to form safety groups like the Nanaimo Area Public Safety Association.

Rise in Crime Rates

Knob Hill Park in downtown Nanaimo has become unsafe due to rising crime rates. Petty crimes such as car break-ins are common occurrences.

• Knob Hill Park has become unsafe due to rising crime rates.

• Petty crimes such as car break-ins are common occurrences in the area.

• The park can get filled with needles, making it unsafe for children.

The Opioid Epidemic in Nanaimo

This section discusses the opioid epidemic in Nanaimo, Canada and how it has affected the community.

The Severity of the Problem

• Drug addiction in Canada is out of control with crack, crystal meth, and fentanyl ravaging Canadian communities.

• Fentanyl is the main driver of overdose deaths and has been found in 85% of people who overdosed this year.

• Nanaimo has eclipsed its highest annual total of overdose deaths in just ten months.

Understanding Opioid Addiction

• Opioids are highly addictive drugs that cause withdrawal symptoms when stopped.

• Withdrawal symptoms can be so severe that they reinforce drug use to alleviate them.

Personal Accounts

• A homeless woman shares her experience with seeing an increase in overdoses on the streets and losing friends to addiction.

• She explains why she prefers sleeping in the forest over on the streets due to safety concerns.

Overall, this section highlights how serious the opioid epidemic is in Nanaimo and how it affects individuals on a personal level. It also provides insight into why opioids are so addictive and reinforces drug use.

Drug Addiction and Lawlessness in Vancouver's Downtown East Side

In this section, the speaker discusses how drug addiction is causing lawlessness in Vancouver's downtown East Side.

Drug Addiction and Lawlessness

• The speaker believes that drug addiction is causing lawlessness in the downtown East Side.

• Prolific offenders fuel their drug addiction by committing crimes while people with unchecked mental health issues cause concern.

• Sporadic incidents of violence are caused by people fixated on windows or randomly assaulting others due to drug addiction.

• Rampant open drug use leads to chaos and random attacks.

Changes Over Time

• A retired police officer notes that injecting drugs on the street was not a thing in the past, but now everyone on the downtown East Side is a drug addict.

• A former resident of the downtown East Side who entered recovery and became Chief of Staff to Alberta Premier helped spearhead Alberta's opioid response strategy over four years.

Decriminalizing Drugs

• Alberta has a different approach to British Columbia when it comes to decriminalizing drugs.

• On January 31, 2023, British Columbia made it legal to possess certain quantities of hard drugs, including crystal meth, heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.

Drug Decriminalization in Canada

In this section, the speakers discuss the decriminalization of drugs in Canada and its potential impact on drug use and addiction treatment.

Decriminalization vs. Ticketing

• Drinking alcohol in public can result in a ticket, but there is nothing that can be done if someone is smoking small amounts of crystal meth or fentanyl outside of sanctioned areas.

• The police have not been charging drug users with small amounts for years, so decriminalizing drugs does not change much.

Stigma and Treatment

• Decriminalizing drugs will not reduce the number of deaths from toxic drug supplies; it only empowers drug dealers and gangs.

• Drug user advocates believe that decriminalizing drugs will destigmatize drug use and encourage more people to seek treatment. However, addiction treatment success has been highest when stigmatizing tobacco use.

• People struggling with addiction do not care about the stigma associated with possessing or using drugs. Shame and stigma are sometimes why people seek treatment.

Harm Reduction Policies

• Over the past 20 years, British Columbia's drug prevention programs have been scaled back dramatically and replaced with harm reduction policies such as providing naloxone kits to students as young as 15.

• Harm reduction policies along with decriminalization are just the beginning; their real objective is to anchor themselves in science and data to ensure issues of harm reduction, safe consumption, compassion, evidence-based practices, safer supply chains for clean drug supplies are put at the forefront.

Safe Supply: The Dystopian Nightmare of Legal Cocaine

In this video, the speaker discusses the concept of safe supply as a safer alternative to the toxic illegal drug supply. However, looking deeper into what safe supply really means, it quickly becomes clear that it is not as safe as it sounds. The video explores how British Columbia's first legal cocaine lab was approved by Health Canada to legally import cocoa leaves and manufacture cocaine. It also delves into how hydromorphone has found its way into the safe supply program and how dangerous and addictive it can be.

Safe Supply in British Columbia

• A cannabis company based in Langley, BC received approval from Health Canada to legally import cocoa leaves and manufacture cocaine.

• Harm reduction policies have been ramped up in British Columbia under the guise of safe supply.

• Safe Supply started in London in about 2012 with Dilauded being prescribed for street level sex workers.

Hydromorphone - A Dangerous Opioid

• Hydromorphone is a powerful addictive opioid similar to OxyContin.

• Hydromorphone is like 20 times stronger than morphine.

• There's no such thing as a safe opioid.

Shady Business Practices

• Pharmacies rely on a steady stream of customers, and with the addictive nature of hydromorphone, it's big business for these pharmacies.

• Scandals have occurred in the downtown East Side due to shady business practices between pharmacies.

Kickbacks and Safe Supply

The speaker discusses how pharmacies offer kickbacks to patients to come to their pharmacy, and how safe supply drugs may not be effective in reducing fentanyl overdoses.

Kickbacks

• Pharmacies offer kickbacks to patients to come use their pharmacy.

• Patients are offered more money as pharmacies compete for their business.

• Paying addicts to take safe supply drugs could be a good thing if it means they won't take fentanyl.

Safe Supply Drugs

• Since the introduction of safe supply drugs, there has been an increase in overdose deaths, an increase in use of fentanyl, and a decrease in the cost of fentanyl.

• Hydromorphone is not touching fentanyl on the street; if anything, it is fueling it.

• Addicts want fentanyl because it provides a superior high compared to hydromorph pills.

Adherence Issues with Safe Supply Drugs

• Patients often do not adhere to how they were supposed to take safe supply drugs or do not take them at all.

• Patients who do not take their prescribed medication sell them on the sidewalk and use the money to buy fentanyl.

• Most addicts don't want to take prescribed drugs like hydromorphone; instead, they get prescription safe supply drugs with the purpose of selling them so they can purchase the drugs they actually want, like fentanyl.

Dilis as Currency

• It has become common for patients prescribed safe supply medications like Dilaudid (Dilis) to sell them as a type of currency.

• Patients will sell their Dilaudids and then go buy something stronger like fentanyl.

Safe Supply and the Opioid Crisis

In this section, we learn about how safe supply clinics in Canada are contributing to the opioid crisis by providing highly addictive opioids that end up being sold on the streets.

Safe Supply Clinics and Littered Streets

• Safe supply clinics in Canada are providing highly addictive opioids that end up being sold on the streets.

• Pill bottles from safe supply clinics are routinely found littering Canadian cities.

• A resident of downtown Nanaimo noticed a pattern of hydromorphone labels littering his street.

Doctors' Role in Contributing to the Opioid Crisis

• Some doctors who prescribe safe supply are aware that their patients are selling their medications but do not care.

• Doctors have told others that it is okay if patients sell their medications because it means someone somewhere is getting a safe supply.

The Next Generation of People with Opioid Use Disorder

• Safe supply drugs like hydromorphone have made it cheaper and easier for children to get their hands on highly addictive and deadly opioids.

• The normalization of hydromorphone use has led to younger generations becoming addicted to opioids.

Personal Accounts of Addiction

• A 16-year-old girl shares her experience with hydromorphone addiction, which almost destroyed her life.

• Children as young as 12 years old have been seen using hydromorphone.

Overall, this section highlights the negative impact of safe supply clinics on the# Safe Supply and the Opioid Crisis

In this section, we learn about how safe supply clinics in Canada are contributing to the opioid crisis by providing easy access to highly addictive opioids.

Safe Supply Clinics and Littering of Pill Bottles

• Safe supply clinics in Canada are contributing to the opioid crisis.

• Sidewalks around safe supply pharmacies like this one in Nanaimo had it all out in the open. The remnants of consumed or traded safe supply littered the streets.

Doctors' Role in Diverting Hydromorphone

• Shockingly, a handful of doctors that prescribe safe supply are not only aware that hydromorphone is being diverted, they seem not to care.

• Some doctors have told patients that it's okay if they're selling their medication because someone somewhere is getting a safe supply.

Impact on Young People

• The hydromorphone is ending up in high schools now, and it's become so normalized that you can walk around and just ask for Dillies.

• It has never been cheaper or easier for children to get their hands on highly addictive and deadly opioids.

• At the direction of our federal government, hydromorphone has flooded our streets and into the pockets of our children.

Personal Accounts

• Colin Middleton noticed a pattern in garbage littering his street after moving close to a safe supply clinic. He found over 80 pill bottle labels on the sidewalk outside his house.

• A 16-year-old girl in recovery from hydromorphone addiction shares her experience with the drug and how it almost destroyed her life.