No Set Timeline on Reversing BC Drug Decriminalization, Freeland Says

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is working alongside British Columbia on its opioid crisis, but refused to say when Ottawa would reverse the province’s drug decriminalization policy. “The province of B.C. made a request for a temporary pilot project. B.C. now has concerns about that project, which we share,” Ms. Freeland said during question period May 2. “We are now working together to address those concerns. Opioid addiction is a tragedy that has affected far too many Canadian families. We have to work together to solve it, not score cheap partisan points off the pain of Canadians. ”...