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Les Leyne: Destigmatizing was behind decriminalization

Les Leyne: Destigmatizing was behind decriminalization

It’s hard to see what comes next in year eight of the public health emergency, but the options are becoming more limited.
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Les Leyne: ICBC rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

Les Leyne: ICBC rebate is a good idea because NDP says so

A cabinet order coming very shortly will send the rebate idea to the B.C. Utilities Commission and give it 10 days to review whether this is the best possible use of $400 million.
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Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Taking action implies moving forward, but the B.C. government is going backward and capitulating on decriminalization
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Les Leyne: Trustees say police liaison submission not appropriate

Les Leyne: Trustees say police liaison submission not appropriate

Presentation included statements about families’s problems with gangs and how they believe a school police liaison program would have helped.
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Les Leyne: Moulting attention hound needs some tough love

Les Leyne: Moulting attention hound needs some tough love

I regret to inform you that it’s time to drop all the celebrity camera hogging and go back to the ocean where you belong.
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Les Leyne: School police form letters aimed at city hall

Les Leyne: School police form letters aimed at city hall

E-mail to Victoria teachers asks them to write to council protesting its request the school board reconsider cancelling school police liaison program.
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Les Leyne: World Cup overrun? Don't go there

Les Leyne: World Cup overrun? Don't go there

Original estimates on major public projects are like jottings of what a crayoned elementary-school mural might cost, before it turns into a giant diamond-encrusted tapestry of spun gold.
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Les Leyne: Board’s opposition to police in schools puts racialized people in ‘victim role,’ says youth counsellor

Les Leyne: Board’s opposition to police in schools puts racialized people in ‘victim role,’ says youth counsellor

“I’m tired of white people indoctrinating racialized children into thinking they aren’t safe from police here in Victoria,” Mia Golden told the Greater Victoria School Board.
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Les Leyne: Public safety overlooked in decriminalization

Les Leyne: Public safety overlooked in decriminalization

Pilot program preparation failed to anticipate uncontrollable increase in public drug use and its impact.
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Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization experiment is being dramatically scaled back as the NDP government retreats in the face of sustained public anxiety about what it is doing to perceptions of public safety.
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