Cobourg council has responded positively to a letter calling for action on the opioid crisis from an organization called Moms Stop The Harm.
At this week's meeting, Councillor Nicole Beatty made a motion to call on the Federal government to act.
Beatty's motion termed the crisis “the largest public health emergency of our lifetime, with a death on average every two hours and a death toll of over 16,360 between January 2016 and March 2020.”
It calls on Canada to declare the overdose crisis a national public health emergency so that it is taken seriously and funded appropriately.
It also calls on the Federal government to seek input from people who are most affected by this crisis, and to meet with provinces and territories to develop a comprehensive pan-Canadian overdose action plan.
The resolution is to be sent to Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, Moms Stop The Harm and Northumberland-Peterborough South MP Philip Lawrence.