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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY July 16 - 31, 2016
HEADLINES
Governor General to
be Canada’s official
representative
at Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Ottawa, Ontario- The Prime
Minister, Justin Trudeau, today
announced that His Excellency the
Right Honourable David Johnston,
Governor General of Canada and
patron of the Canadian Olympic
Committee, will travel to Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil from August 3
to 8, 2016 as Canada’s official
representative at the Rio 2016
Olympic Games.
The Rio 2016 Olympic
Games—the first Olympic Games
to be held in South America—will
be an opportunity for Canadian
athletes to write another chapter
in our country’s rich sports
history. Our athletes, as well as
their coaches and support staff,
have demonstrated tremendous
dedication and commitment
to rise to a level where they are
competing against the best in the
world.
The Government of Canada
is proud of its role in helping
Canadian athletes realize their
Olympic dreams. It is the largest
single investor in Canada’s sport
system, providing funding for
initiatives that support our highperformance athletes and that
promote
sport
participation
among all Canadians.
New Democrats propose legislation to restrict the use
of pill presses used for fentanyl
VICTORIA— Today,
New Democrat public
safety spokesperson, Mike
Farnworth, tabled provincial legislation to restrict
the use of pill presses and
other equipment as part of
the province’s response to
the overdose crisis.
“This legislation exercises provincial powers to
restrict the use of pill presses and other pharmaceutical equipment to reduce
the supply of illegally manufactured and distributed
fentanyl that is a major factor in the overdose crisis,”
said Farnworth. “It is similar to legislation that was
passed with all-party support in Alberta a few short
months ago, and I hope to
see it passed with all-party
support in B.C.
“Alberta
legislators
decided to exercise their
jurisdiction to take steps
against the illegal production of illicit opioids, instead of waiting for the
federal government to take
action.”
Today, Premier Christy Clark reiterated the approach her cabinet ministers have taken over the
past months, calling for the
federal government to take
action on pill presses. “The
premier is prepared to wait,
New Democrats aren’t,”
said Farnworth.
Farnworth’s legislation, titled the Public Health
Protection Act, amends ex-
isting provincial statute to fines for illegal ownership wards to $375,000 and imrestrict who can own and of the equipment listed in prisonment.
operate equipment like pill the act, with fines of upand
tablet
presses
as
well as tablet
machines.
Pill presses
can manufacture 3,000
pills of fentanyl hourly,
while commercial tablet machines
can produce
10,000
to
18,000 pills
per hour.
The tabled legislation sets out
significant
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