VIDEO: B.C. mom running laps around ministry gets meeting with addictions minister
A B.C. mother who ran the equivalent of 14 marathons to protest the lack of action on safe drug supply has secured a meeting with Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Sheila Malcolmson.
Following the death of her son on Aug. 30, she began circling the Ministry of Health building in Victoria to protest the government’s lack of response to the toxic drug crisis in the province.“It’s actually very heartwarming that people are coming out to support this – they want to see it continuing. We know that the only way to effect change here is to keep the pressure on.”
While the support she has received from the community has boosted her hope, she said she wasn’t optimistic about how her meeting next Thursday will go.
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