Niki Sharma, Attorney General, has released the following statement about the B.C. Court of Appeal decision confirming British Columbia’s class-action lawsuits can proceed against opioid manufacturers and distributors, and their consultants:

Appointment strengthens access to justice for Nanaimo, surrounding Vancouver Island communities

Several provincial compliance, enforcement functions consolidated into unified organization

Bail hearings by video are now used provincewide, five years after a northern pilot project

Nina Krieger, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, has released the following statement in response to the recent deaths and injuries to police officers serving in communities across the country:

Provincewide program will tackle chronic property crime, public disorder

Niki Sharma, Attorney General, and Jennifer Blatherwick, parliamentary secretary for gender equity, have released the following statements in response to federal bills C-16 (the Protecting Victims Act) and C-225 (an act to amend the Criminal Code) becoming law:

Two new judges will strengthen access to justice in northern B.C., Lower Mainland