Auditor General delivers scathing report

He didn’t mince words either. Words such as “significant deficiencies” and “significant weaknesses.” Not words unexpected by the health critic.

“Not a surprise. And what I hope is that, you know, we’ve been pointing this out for literally years now. Perhaps when the auditor general says something, the government will actually pay attention to the concerns that have been raised.”

Shirley Bond says it’s quite obvious how the program is failing when seven people a day are dying of toxic drug overdose. And the North has some of the highest drug deaths per capita in the province and the report cited a lack of safe supply in rural regions. Again, not a shocker for the health critic.

“We are constantly seeing a health care system in crisis, and it is a government that has failed to pay attention to the fact that it’s a big province.”

The Auditor General also noted this is not a new situation and government should have its act together by now.

“It’s been nearly eight years now since this public health emergency was declared. However, we found that the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and Ministry of Health have yet to establish minimum service standards for overdose prevention and supervised consumption services.”

Pickup says a new province-wide evaluation of overdose prevention and supervised consumption services is needed.

by Cheryl Jahn

Auditor General delivers scathing report

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