UBCM takes on City’s opioid resolution

PRINCE GEORGE – In 2019, BC lead the charge in filing a class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, alleging they falsely marketed opioids as less addictive than other pain drugs. The suit seeks to recover costs dating back to 1996 when the pain drug Oxycontin was introduced in the Canadian market.

Last year, the City of Prince George, submitted a resolution to the Union of BC Municipalities, seeking to have the provincial government share in any of the damages. Now, UBCM plans to take this cause on.

In a letter to Council, it wrote: “Upon review, the Executive decided to endorse with an amendment: NR63 Sharing Payments from Opioid Class Action Lawsuits.”