"Ontario, like other provinces, has begun to crack down on MDs who liberally prescribe the drugs, a response that came after more than 700 people died from opioid overdoses in the province in 2015."

Chinese exports of illicit fentanyl and carfentanil are killing British Columbians, and a crackdown on Ontario MDs will somehow reduce these deaths ?

Don't understand the implied connection that these editorialists are making.

Hope that the G&M clarify this point in a future editorial.