Former NDP MP Libby Davies talks about what made her a good MP and about her book, Outside In: Political Memoir…. When I arrived on Parliament Hill in 1997 as a new MP, it was with a compelling sense of urgency about the staggering number of deaths from overdoses amongst people who used street drugs in the Downtown Eastside in my riding of Vancouver East. I knew I had to do something to stop these tragic and preventable deaths of people who are vilified and demonized by the criminal justice system. Full article available on The Hill Times.