Saks says drug criminalization decision ‘urgent’, B.C. says feds have all they need
OTTAWA — Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks said she needs more information before prohibiting public use of illicit drugs again in British Columbia, but the province says she already has everything she needs.
The B.C. government asked Health Canada to amend an exemption that decriminalized hard drugs in that province to make public drug use illegal once again.
Saks told reporters in Ottawa Wednesday the decision needed to be made urgently but she needed more from the province.
“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.