B.C. leaders call for action from Ottawa after Premier Eby releases involuntary-care plan

A coalition of B.C. leaders is calling for urgent action from the federal government to address what it calls public-safety and mental-health crises playing out across the province.One day after B.C. Premier David Eby held a news conference at Vancouver City Hall to announce that his NDP government would introduce involuntary care for people with concurrent addiction, mental illness and acquired brain injuries, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim stood at the same location, flanked by two-dozen B.C. leaders, calling for help from Ottawa. The full scope of Mr. Eby’s plan would hinge on his party being re-elected in October’s provincial election.