Pierre Polievre promises life sentences for large fentanyl dealers

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to ratchet up penalties for criminals trafficking fentanyl if his party forms government.

Poilievre pledged to introduce mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl dealers, including a life sentence for those producing or exporting over 40 milligrams of the opioid. Those caught with 20 to 40 milligrams woul…