BC Conservatives slam investigation into safe supply whistleblower [Video]

The B.C. government is facing questions about an investigation into the whistleblower who gave the Official Opposition information about an investigation into diverted ‘safe supply’ drugs.

In February, a Ministry of Health document was leaked and made public by BC Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko.

The document revealed that government-prescribed drugs were being diverted and trafficked, and that 60 pharmacies were being investigated.

The release of the document led to Sturko being interviewed by the RCMP’s anti-corruption unit.

“If they’re willing to send the police to try to find a whistleblower, what are they going to do if this is a healthcare employee or any other member of the community?” Sturko asked on Wednesday.

After the leak, B.C. Director of Police Services Glen Lewis wrote to the RCMP, ordering a police act investigation.

“I think that the director of investigations is fully within his role to act as he did,” B.C. …