OTTAWA — Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks said she needs more information from British Columbia before she can make a decision about recriminalizing public drug use in that province, but the province says she already has everything she needs.
OTTAWA — Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks said she needs more information from British Columbia before she can make a decision about recriminalizing public drug use in that province, but the province says she already has everything she needs.
"We've asked B.C. for updates and more information on what they've submitted to us," Saks said on her way into a Liberal caucus meeting Wednesday. B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, however, said it was hard for him to imagine that federal action was waiting on more information from the province, with both Saks and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau having been briefed.
The province is one year into a three-year pilot project to decriminalize possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs, including heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine. A Health Canada exemption was issued to allow the pilot to proceed. "We want them to act because we're taking all of the steps necessary here," Dix said during an unrelated news conference.
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