BC NDP-led amendments to “strengthen access” to a program that people can only be forced to enter and is currently facing a Charter challenge: involuntary treatment:
open.substack.com/pub/cssdpvan...

three minutes of austerity slogans gave me brain drain

kind of thought he deserved an award for this amazing disguise he put together tho no?

for anyone stumbling across this thread @brishti.bsky.social covered the case accurately for @pressprogress.ca:

pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...

17000 people have died, there have been a number of nonfatal overdoses that we will never be able to capture linked to many forms of social harm, and a public emergency that has lasted nearly ten years now. We deserve better than what has been normalized & deemed acceptable in stories like this.

may seem fair cuz our standards are low—Judge specifically called out backbenchers who contribute to outcry & Global uncritically airs a new conspiracy from the same MLA; using unfounded drug panic terms, like "hard drugs;" implying that there was BCNDP support but they didn't show up? All in 2 mins

Full article is up.

“There is no issue that the Crown has proven the essential elements of the offence of [possession for the purpose of trafficking],” Murray said. “However, this case is not that straightforward.”

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Judge: “The troubling thing about this prosecution is that everyone knew what was happening… It seems like these two [gestures to defendants Nyx and Kalicum] are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD—which before was fine—suddenly is not fine.”

glad that this story is being read & recognized Euan, thank you for shining a light 🙏🏽