Feds spent millions on DEI identity-based “safe supply” drug programs

A government program specifically designed to help those suffering from drug addiction has selectively distributed taxpayer funds to hyper-specific demographic groups like detox programs for “Sout...

A government program specifically designed to help those suffering from drug addiction has selectively distributed taxpayer funds to hyper-specific demographic groups like detox programs for “South Asian Men” to align with the federal government’s commitment to DEI ideology.

Through Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program—which funds initiatives addressing substance use—the federal government distributed millions to programs ranging from rural “safe supply” drug delivery services, to harm reduction and “anti-stigma” toolkits, as well as at-home detox programs specifically for “South Asian men.”

Take Covenant Health in Edmonton as an example. Through its South Asian Network, the organization snagged nearly $1 million to “expand a program that provides culturally appropriate pathways to care for people of South Asian descent experiencing mental health and substance use issues.”

The University of Toronto Health Network received $295,000 for an Online Opioid Self-Assessment Program, an accreditation course helping doctors refine opioid prescribing guidelines—available in both English and French, of course.

Additionally, Addiction Services Central Ontario was awarded $700,000 to create harm reduction and “anti-stigma toolkits,” aimed at promoting acceptance of so-called harm reduction practices.

Meanwhile, Options Recovery Services in Surrey received $2.7 million to provide a home-based detoxification service specifically for South Asian men.

In total, just these five projects amount to $9.4 million in taxpayer funding, underscoring a pattern within SUAP of directing funding toward narrowly defined populations based on DEI precepts.

While Health Canada claims these programs serve underserved communities, details on selection criteria and effectiveness remain scarce.

Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program doesn’t publish a single, definitive tally of active projects in real-time, but available data offers some insight, with the program funding somewhere near 300 different programs across Canada.

Previous data has shown that Caucasian and Indigenous Canadians were the most likely ethnic demographics to perish from drug overdoses.

The Department of Health did not respond to True North’s questions about the programs.