If 1 in 10 bottles of wine killed people we wouldn't be “building a system of care” we'd move immediately to ensure that a #safesupply existed.

The @bcndp fundamentally misunderstands the toxic drug crisis. It isn't an addictions crisis but rather a health crisis. 1/ #bcpoli
How does the @bcndp plan to separate those who use drugs from the toxic supply with no additional funding for #safesupply in #BCBudget2022? Why do they lack the political will to implement the solution that saves lives? I asked @AdrianDix & @jjhorgan this today. 2/ #bcpoli
The @bcndp made no mention of #safesupply in their 2022 budget, instead a fixation on treating addiction. If every person with substance use disorder was to recover in BC, our toxic drug market would still kill people. Because not all people who use drugs are addicted. 3/ #bcpoli
This is fundamentally not about addiction. But this gov't refuses to recognize the reality in BC that more than 100,000 British Columbians use drugs, and are at risk of dying. Close to 100% of all substances tested in February contained fentanyl or fentanyl analogues. 4/ #bcpoli
This government applauds itself for introducing safer prescribed alternatives to the toxic drug market. 100% of the 12,000 people given prescribed #safesupply in 2020-2021 were given withdrawal management substances, not true safe supply. 5/ #bcpoli
Neither one stood to answer - instead @s_malcomson gave some talking points about treatment beds and stigma. Government tells you their priorities by where they spend their money. And the @bcndp isn't spending any more to stop preventable deaths. 6/6 #bcpoli #safesupply

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Feb 9
Today I asked Premier @jjhorgan and Minister @AdrianDix if they acknowledge that #COVID19 is an airborne virus. The Premier did not stand to answer.

Minister Dix said this gov’t follows the “science” but not once said the words “COVID-19 is airborne”. 1/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
We need to restore that crucial confidence in public health guidance and democracy. To do that, governments must be able to acknowledge mistakes and be willing to improve. 2/ #bcpoli #COVID19 #COVID19BC
Patients, healthcare workers, teachers, and others are not being provided a critical tool to protect themselves against an airborne virus: an N95 mask. Nurses have filed a human rights complaint for being denied access to N95s their workplace. 3/ #bcpoli
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Feb 9
2,224 people died from toxic drugs in BC last year. Breaking the record of deaths in a single year due to the toxic drug supply.

It is more per year than the #COVID19 pandemic, and yet there are no daily announcements on the impact of this public health emergency. 1/ #bcpoli
This gov't applauded itself yesterday for the work it has done to introduce safe supply and request federal decriminalization. But the truth is that this government’s measures have not reduced deaths - in fact, they are increasing. 2/ #bcpoli #safesupply
When concerned citizens take it upon themselves to hand out safe drugs on the streets of the Downtown Eastside, it is clear that this government is failing. 3/ #bcpoli #safesupply
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Feb 9
Today’s throne speech rightfully acknowledged the sacrifices and loss that British Columbians have faced over the last year - but, instead of offering a vision for the future, the gov't patted themselves on the back for past initiatives and re-announced projects. 1/ #bcpoli
Solving the overlapping crises that British Columbians are facing will require a level of honesty that we are yet to see. What we need to see is humility and transparency from this government. A hopeful vision for the future must be grounded in truth 2/ #bcpoli
We are heartened that inequality and climate change will be the focus of this year’s budget, as they were glaring omissions from previous budgets. Moving forward, it is important to remember that climate delay is the new climate denial. 3/ #bcpoli #ClimateChange
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Jan 20
On their #COVID19 policies this gov't likes to say “we follow the science."

But our policies are not based on the raw data, they are based on the values viewed as important by gov't & used to interpret the science.

Today I want to talk about those values. 1/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
Yesterday the BCCDC updated their guidelines to say that public health is balancing preventing illness and going to work & socializing.

That is the crux of the growing frustration we're seeing. Increasingly the @bcndp are choosing to value work over people. /2 #bcpoli #COVIDBC
This has been done under the guise of ensuring we “rebuild” our economy - and there lies the misunderstanding. @jjhorgan himself said in a not too distant past “People are the economy of BC.” 3/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
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Jan 18
We need clarity, not confusion, from the @bcndp.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to understand what informs #COVID19 decision-making in BC. Our healthcare system is struggling, health care workers are burning out, & patients’ needs are not being met. 1/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
Clear communication must be coupled with access to the tools that reduce transmission, including access to PPE and N95s, rapid tests, and the data and research that inform decisions - this needs to be a priority for the gov’t. 2/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
Continually blindsiding businesses shows a disregard for how challenging the last 2 years have been for the over 1 million people employed by small businesses. After so much turmoil they need as much stability & certainty as gov't can provide. 3/ #bcpoli #BCbusiness #COVID19BC
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Oct 13, 2021
Today the @IEA released their 2021 World Energy Outlook. For the 1st time it included a scenario where the 1.5ºC climate targets are actually met.

TL;DR - @bcndp must choose between meeting net-zero pledges or expanding fossil fuels. Not both. 1/ #bcpoli
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The implications of this report are significant for every gov’t in the world, but here in BC and Canada where we have governments pledging to meet net-zero targets whilst still investing in fossil fuels the report is particularly damning. 2/ #bcpoli
Achieving a 1.5ºC net-zero means no new fossil fuels. Not just because we wouldn’t meet net-zero but because achieving it means demand for fossil fuels falls drastically, making all gov’t backed projects like CGL or TMX economically unviable. 3/ #bcpoli
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