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The Yukon's NDP leader has asked the territorial government to commit to drug decriminalization — even as the B.C. government rolls back its own pilot project by recriminalizing drug use in public spaces.
Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee tabled the Health Authority Act in the Yukon legislature Monday. If passed the act will allow the territory to create an arm's-length health authority that officials say will create culturally safe care.
The supervised consumption site in downtown Whitehorse has seen record-breaking attendance this month, with about 1,800 visits to the facility between Feb. 1 and Feb. 26 — far exceeding the tallies for December and January.
Patients and colleagues of a Whitehorse psychiatrist say they're concerned people will die if he leaves the territory amid a dispute over pay with the government.
Yukon Party health critic Brad Cathers suggested the report would shed light on what he calls "chronic underfunding of Yukon hospitals to the tune of millions of dollars."