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.

theglobeandmail.com / Police investigating whether officer leaked provincial document that showed B.C. is downplaying safer-supply risks

B.C. Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko provided the documents to journalists and legislature in February

globalnews.ca / BC Conservatives slam investigation into safe supply whistleblower

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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