I have dedicated my life to serving and protecting Canadians. As a police officer, I dealt with many people battling addiction who desperately needed to get off the streets and into recovery. I also locked up drug traffickers who preyed on vulnerable people with addiction. As a military reservist, I proudly helped guard Canada’s border. As an elected official in recovery myself, I have been in the trenches for the past few years fighting back against radical NDP-Liberal drug and soft-on-crime policies that have fuelled addiction, death and crime. I have advanced recovery-focused policies, called for tougher sentences for drug traffickers and kingpins, and for solutions to stop the flow of deadly fentanyl into Canada. I feel qualified to speak on drug policy.