Nothing in Nina Krieger's resumé suggested an interest in crime-fighting, but BC's minister of public safety is using innovative partnerships to put more heat on organized crime
" ... the big changes came on Krieger’s watch in September 2025, when community outrage at unchecked extortion shootings, then running at more than one a day, created a political crisis. Krieger stood up the BC Extortion Task Force pulling together every major enforcement agency to launch a co-ordinated counter-attack that was the most comprehensive in the province’s history."
In Kingston, it is wearisome and enraging to have almost no coverage about how law enforcement is addressing the sources of our killer drugs. Go Krieger, go!
Lies! From this article:
"Since the declaration of the overdose emergency in 2016, BC’s response has been overwhelmingly focused on harm reduction."
By far the majority of funds BC has spent on this public health emergency has gone to enforcement.
From TEN & COUNTING (BC Coalition of Organizations By/For PWUD):
"8 is the percent of funds from the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy that went to harm reduction ...
58 is the percent of funds from the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy that went to enforcement"
If this is the best they've been able to come up with in 25 years...!
Kenn, I'm not familiar with that report. Can you provide a link? Thanks.
I was unable to reply directly to your comment. I provided the info you requested in another comment, below
" ... the big changes came on Krieger’s watch in September 2025, when community outrage at unchecked extortion shootings, then running at more than one a day, created a political crisis. Krieger stood up the BC Extortion Task Force pulling together every major enforcement agency to launch a co-ordinated counter-attack that was the most comprehensive in the province’s history."
In Kingston, it is wearisome and enraging to have almost no coverage about how law enforcement is addressing the sources of our killer drugs. Go Krieger, go!
Geoff - The stats I gave from TEN & COUNTING are from Health Canada https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/corporate/transparency/corporate-management-reporting/evaluation/canadian-drugs-substances-strategy/canadian-drugs-substances-strategy.pdf