Premier David Eby said his government remains committed to treating addiction as a mental health issue rather than a criminal issue.“ are not going to let it go,” he said Thursday during an unrelated event in Langley. “We are going to ensure that communities are safe for British Columbians, so that people feel safe in beautiful parks like this in communities right across the province, as well that we are getting people the treatment that they need, so that they can rebuild their lives.
While the acknowledgement of safe supply being diverted generated headlines, most of the comments from Fiona Wilson, president of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police, and Dwayne McDonald, commanding officer of E Division Royal Canadian Mounted Police, focused on public safety issues.“We have attempted to address that issue by bringing in a provincial law restricting drug use in areas that would understandably be of concern to any British Columbian,” Eby said.
B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson said the initial ruling granting the injunction that the legislation “poses a sufficiently high probability of irreparable harm” by pushing drug users into places where it will be less safe to consume drugs.
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