Chilliwack MLA candidate urges B.C. NDP to end access to hard drugs, safe supply

CHILLIWACK — The declaration of a state of emergency in the Port Hardy area by the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations after 11 of their members died in two months from the use of hard drugs and alcohol serves as a stark reminder that the provincial government needs to crack down on the availability of hard drugs, according to the B.C. Conservative candidate for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake.

“This tragic news confirms how absolutely deadly and heart-sickening this issue is for British Columbians — especially in Indigenous communities,” said Chilliwack resident Á’a:líya (A’Aliya) Warbus. “While I acknowledge that there are complex issues at play here, including challenges with RCMP on reserves, it is nonetheless clear evidence of the drug-fueled genocide of Indigenous people that is happening under this BC NDP government.”

Warbus says there needs to be a coordinated approach to end what she calls so-called safe supply and crack down on criminal cartels that are bringing fentanyl into British Columbia.

“That’s hard to do when we have a Liberal Prime Minister and an NDP Premier who are soft-on-crime and support the myth of so-called ‘safe supply,'” says Warbus. “And where is the Province on this? Clearly, Premier David Eby is in cahoots with Trudeau. This NDP government got federal permission to push its own ‘safe supply’ of deadly drugs, and is soft on gangs that push street drugs like fentanyl. Now we have more deaths than before.”