Following a briefing on the U.S's efforts to tackle transnational organized crime and its impact on the opioid overdose, Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says Canada needs to step up its criminal convictions of traffickers.
Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says it has become clearer to him that Canada has fallen behind in its ability to investigate and prosecute transnational organized crime, following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28.
West said Blinken reached out to him due to his outspoken nature on transnational organized crime in B.C. and how it's helping to drive illicit drug deaths in the province. “We seem to be leaning a lot on Americans to prosecute drug traffickers and when that happens, I think something is askew,” said West.
As mayor, West recently backed new bylaws to disallow open drug use in parks and playgrounds. The bylaws needed to change, West said, after the provincial government delisted use of certain illicit drugs from being criminal. “Something is better than nothing and hopefully the province figures out a more uniform approach so there’s not a patchwork of cities doing this or not doing it,” said West.Case in point: West said a recent case before the B.C. courts that exemplifies U.S. efforts to prosecute Canadian drug traffickers, does not surprise him.
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