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All that backtracking undercuts the message Looking at what is happening in Ontario with Premier Doug Ford鈥檚 COVUD-19 travel restrictions, and also here in B.C.

Consider health system as a whole Funding in the provincial budget for addiction treatment and youth mental health will make a considerable dent in these mental-health problems. More is needed. How much more? No idea.

Walking after midnight in Beacon Hill Park After the latest attack in Beacon Hill Park something must be done. The mayor of Victoria and each councillor must be made to walk alone and unarmed through Beacon Hill Park for two hours after dark.

Democracy in action throughout the process Re: 鈥淒emocracy is missing in Langford decisions,鈥� letter, April 15.

Our schools need viable funding As a past president of CUPE 947 and a retired teacher, I was shocked to hear of the proposed $7.3-million cuts in the Greater Victoria School District for the coming school year.

Three years later, the pain continues My son鈥檚 name was Elliot Eurchuk. He was only 16 when he died of an accidental overdose. He had been prescribed these drugs to manage pain while awaiting surgery. He died at home in his room on April 20, 2018.

Minister is late to decriminalization idea I have read with interest Mental Health and Addictions Minister Sheila Malcolmson鈥檚 鈥渋nitiative鈥� to seek support from the federal government to decriminalize simple possession of narcotics in B.C.

Enforcement must be strengthened The COVID-19 restrictions are reasonable, but where is the enforcement? So easy to enforce the closure of restaurants (how many COVID cases from that source?) but not so easy to stop people travelling or congregating,

I鈥檓 doggone mad about her dog Does HM The Queen take her corgis to Westminster when she gives the speech from the throne? No. It is time Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin showed some understanding of the requirements of her office and left the dog at home.

1,724 drug-poisoning deaths in B.C. It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the extraordinary loss of life to the illicit toxic drug supply. A record 1,724 people in B.C. died in 2020 from drug poisoning, 263 of these in the Island Health region.