Subhead:The CBC produced a partisan, taxpayer-funded film advocating for the reinstatement of the Liberal ‘safer supply’ drug policy, which funds addicts’ ongoing use of synthetic opioids.#
The CBC’s Fifth Estate, “Canada’s premier investigative documentary program,” recently aired a 43-minute film on the country’s “safer supply” drug strategy. Despite its claim of impartiality, the documentary is heavy-handed harm reduction propaganda, proving yet again why the CBC should be defunded.
“Safer supply” provides addicts with free, pharmaceutical-grade drugs — typically hydromorphone, a heroin-strength synthetic opioid, but sometimes fentanyl— a policy meant to curb the use of riskier illicit substances.
The federal government quietly ended its safer supply pilot programs earlier this year after reports, investigations, and police action showed patients were widely reselling their ‘safer supply’ stash to buy illicit fentanyl. This diversion reportedly flooded communities with the highly addictive and potent opioids, ultimately benefiting organized crime at taxpayers’ expense.
The CBC overtly opposed the policy change, producing the partisan film, “The political war on safe drugs,” to call for a reinstatement of funding. Their thesis was that safer supply is a wonderful, evidence-based policy and Conservative opposition is rooted in reactionary politics and scientific ignorance.
“The most important thing to know about the documentary is that it excludes any experts who oppose safer supply,” writes columnist Adam Zivo, author of several exposés into purported harm reduction.
