B.C. Safe-Supply Leak Sparks Political Firestorm
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 10:20 pm
Authorities are probing a sensitive leak of a provincial document that downplayed safer-supply risks, igniting fierce criticism from BC Conservatives. The investigation centers on whether an officer compromised internal protocols, highlighting the tension between government transparency and accountability in a politically charged backdrop.
B.C. Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko provided the documents to journalists and legislature in February
The probe came after a government document revaling the diversion of safe supply drugs was leaked to the province's Official Opposition.
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