BC Conservative Leader John Rustad has laid out his solutions for the toxic drug crisis in the province, which include cutting wait times for voluntary treatment.
The B.C. Conservatives are pledging to open a reimagined Riverview Hospital if elected. Richard Zussman has more on John Rustad's plans for dealing with the overdose crisis, including ending safe supply and reforming mental health services.B.C.
Rustad said if a Conservative government were elected on Oct. 19, he would ensure there are “no financial barriers to detox and treatment.” Other elements of the plan, he said, would be to supply housing with treatment, integrate treatment within the correctional health system and appoint an addictions specialist to oversee the government’s response to the health emergency that has claimed more than 15,000 lives since 2016.
The party’s platform announcement comes as leaders of British Columbia’s three major political parties are set to debate the key issues of the provincial election on all major TV networks tonight.
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