Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is vowing fentanyl drug “kingpins” would receive life imprisonment under his administration.
Canada needs legislative changes to deter criminals from participating in the trade, Poilievre said. His comments come as Ottawa ramps up the fight against the powerful and deadly synthetic opioid.
“Making and selling fentanyl is mass murder. Selling 40 mg of this poison is enough to kill 20 people.” Poilievre said in a Feb. 5 statement. “I will lock up fentanyl kingpins and throw away the key.”
The Tory leader compared selling fentanyl to shooting in a crowd with a firearm, saying “even if you don’t aim, you kill people.”…