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Greens Grill NDP over Delays to Safe Supply and Decriminalization
More than 700 people have died of poisoned drugs since a health order to address the crisis was made last fall.
Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. SHARES Green Leader Sonia Furstenau and MLA Adam Olsen have challenged the NDP government’s inaction on the poisoned drug crisis in the BC legislature.
Photo by Chad Hipolito, the Canadian Press.
As B.C.’s poisoned drug supply continues to kill an average of 145 people a month, Green MLAs are highlighting yawning gaps in policies that advocates say could save lives.
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Temporary changes to allow for wholesale liquor pricing for the hospitality industry were made permanent last week. The change first came about back in June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was set to expire on March 31.
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth announced that the B.C. government is “making this change permanent to give these businesses certainty and help them recover, and to help the estimated 190,000 British Columbians who work in this sector.”
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