Eby defends investigation into leaked documents that alleged opioid diversion
By Canadian Press on May 14, 2025.
VICTORIA — Premier David Eby says B.C.’s director of police services acts independently and government can’t interfere with the request for an investigation into a leaked document that alleged some pharmacies were diverting prescription opioids to the illegal market.
B.C. Conservative legislature member Elenore Sturko revealed the document in February that said police and the College of Pharmacists were investigating allegations that “safe supply” opioids were being diverted by more than 60 pharmacies.
Conservative Leader John Rustad said in the legislature that the government began an investigation into the leak “instead of thanking the whistleblower.”
Eby says Sturko’s release of the leaked documents was her “just doing her job,” and he wouldn’t have hesitated to do the same thing if he was on the opposition benches.
Rustad says the investigation into the leak is an attempt for the government to “put a chill” on those who speak out against them, and questioned Eby about whether it was launched at the behest of the government.
The B.C. government overhauled its safe supply program shortly after the leak to ensure that the medications were going to those who had prescriptions.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 14, 2025.
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BC is so far down the rabbit hole I am sure they passed ‘Alice in Wonderland’ long ago.
Thank you whistleblower for allowing the truth to be known . . . how many other coverups have there been!
They do not count safe supply overdoses anymore in their statistics, if you have noticed . . . they release the illegal, toxic drug fatal overdoses to the press, not safe supply drug fatal overdoses . . . so what else are they hiding!
Sad, while people are dying and billions of tax dollars are blown on their failed experiments, people are misled!