. ▁Bat ters ▁successfully ▁press ured ▁the ▁federal ▁Liberal ▁government ▁during ▁his ▁term ▁to ▁rec lass ify ▁cry stal ▁m eth ▁as ▁a ▁Sch edule ▁ 1 ▁drug ▁( the ▁most ▁serious ▁category ) ▁under ▁the ▁Control led ▁Dru gs ▁and ▁Sub st ances ▁Act . ▁Bat ters ' ▁efforts ▁also ▁helped ▁to ▁secure ▁$ 1 5 ▁million ▁in ▁federal ▁fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁Mo ose ▁J aw ▁Multi plex ▁project ▁and ▁to ▁secure ▁the ▁safe ▁return ▁of ▁S ask atch ew an ▁residents ▁from ▁New ▁Orleans ▁during ▁H urr icane ▁K atr ina . ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁he ▁question ed ▁Health ▁Canada ▁on ▁its ▁strategy ▁concerning ▁F etal ▁Al co hol ▁Spect rum ▁Dis order , ▁which ▁he ▁believed ▁was ▁more ▁prominent ▁in ▁First ▁Nations ▁communities ▁and ▁would ▁be ▁benef icial ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁pam ph lets ▁on ▁F AS D ▁to ▁people ▁on ▁res erves ▁in ▁their ▁child b ear ing ▁years . ▁At ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁he ▁ur ged ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁Tele film ▁Canada ▁not ▁to ▁fund ▁films ▁that ▁were ▁ob jection able ▁and ▁supported ▁Bill ▁C - 1 0 . ▁ ▁Bat ters ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁ran ▁for ▁office ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁ups et ▁with ▁the ▁C riminal ▁Justice ▁system . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁motiv ations ▁for ▁entering ▁politics ▁was ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁his ▁friend ▁Mich elle ▁Len ius ▁on ▁November ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁by ▁her ▁est r anged ▁husband . ▁In