Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Justine Hunter
Publication Date: April 25, 2024 - 20:16
B.C. asks Ottawa for help on decriminalization fallout
April 25, 2024
British Columbia is asking Ottawa to help the province rein in public drug use arising from its decriminalization pilot project, after its own attempt to establish limits through legislation were derailed by a B.C. Supreme Court injunction.Jennifer Whiteside, B.C.’s Minister for Mental Health and Addictions, is meeting Friday with her federal counterpart Ya’ara Saks, where she’ll ask the federal Liberal government to review its current exemptions to the B.C. decriminalization pilot that limits drug use in some spaces.
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